We love introducing you to people – there are so many interesting and beautiful people out there! Here’s a woman we admire: Eleanore Pitseolak. Deputy Mayor of Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Passionate about her community. Committed to its development. Role model for youth and children, including her two young sons. Eleanore was one of many who…
Proud to be sponsored by @lindbladexp and posting to their gallery all week (photos from many beautiful places await you there!). This photo is from Ilulissat, Greenland just a few weeks ago. There are moments when everything seems to be happening at once. The sun has set, but its glow still warms the sky. Even while…
Everyone has a voice. I write this because “giving voice” is a phrase I’ve heard in relation to our work, and I want to correct that. Voices are everywhere, it’s listening that’s missing. Listen up and you’ll hear more voices than you ever thought possible, and many have one hell of a story to share….
“Zoe Oopik Elverum. Pond Inlet. I’ve been here my whole life, attended school, never lived anywhere else. I love to be called a nerd, to me nerd stands for Not Even Remotely Dorky. I’m also the Vice President of Nasivvik Student Council, so that’s pretty awesome. I write songs of what I feel, and I…
The north has shown me so many different ways to family – enough that yes, I just made family a verb. What you see here is a portrait of love, certainly, but also of support, acceptance, and diversity. Within this circle, a unique vision of family is practiced. Children have many role models to turn…
Happy Father’s Day to Iceland and Norway! Two Arctic countries celebrate their dads today, and we are joining in with our appreciation for father figures of all kinds. During spring in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Carey Elverum walks his daughter Naya home from school. As you can see, it’s getting warm enough to walk without mittens….
Remembrance. The birds they sang / at the break of day / Start again / I heard them say / Don’t dwell on what / has passed away / or what is yet to be. / Ah the wars / they will / be fought again The holy dove / She will be caught again…
Post 1 of 2. Immersed in my North American context today and writing from Canada, where decisions south of the border loom as large as ever. I’m thinking about passion and patriotism, which take many forms. Here, Danish guide Kasper Jæger sits outside at his beloved Myggbukta, an old radio station in Northeast Greenland. “For…
Post 2 of 2. Danish guide Kasper Jæger reflects on his dream to be part of the patrol that travels East Greenland by dog team: “I’m very proud of my friends who are able to do this as a patrolman. What they are getting up here is an experience for life. My little part of…
An idea persists that we’re standing at the edge of something, dipping our toes in the water, looking out into the river and wondering how far in we should wade. Look around. This is it: mid-stream, mid-current, mid-flow. This is the river. When we fixate on the future, we escape the now. And when it…