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“How women live in Chukotka: Four Stories” for National Geographic Russia

Meet the North wrote this story for National Geographic Russia. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka, Russia adjust to maintain their heritage and survive. Read about how they survive through Jenny’s words and Eric’s photos. This story appeared both on-line and in the printed magazine in Russia in February,…

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“A fading culture adapts to the changing times in this Arctic town” for National Geographic.

Here is Meet the North’s next National Geographic story. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka, Russia adjust to maintain their heritage and survive. Read about how they survive through Jenny’s words and Eric’s photos.

Life Inside the Arctic title page for National Geographic.

“Life inside the Arctic” for National Geographic

Here is Meet the North’s first story for National Geographic. The Arctic may be cold, vast and beautiful, but it’s also home to millions of people. Take a journey through stories of modern Arctic culture – told one person at a time. Explore life in four Arctic nations through Jenny’s words and Eric’s photos.

A road in northeast Iceland.

The Road that Tourism Forgot

Take the road less travelled as Meet the North diverges from Iceland’s ring road to explore the Melrakkaslétta peninsula. This BBC Travel piece introduces you to unique characters and beautiful landmarks in the country’s often overlooked northeast corner. “You don’t want to take that road. It’s flat and featureless. It’s of no interest.” But by leaving…

The Ísfélag fish-processing plant in Þórshöfn, Iceland.

Arctic Deeply on ‘Transportation, Not Tourism’

In this instalment, Arctic Deeply gives you a look into an Icelandic town vying for its place in the global market, not with tourism but with transport. Siggeir Stefánsson introduces us to Þórshöfn, his small Icelandic fishing town which he hopes to diversify in order to keep afloat. “If you live in Reykjavik, you can choose from 100 kinds of…

Arctic Henge at night.

Arctic Iceland through its Mystic Henge

In Meet the North’s most recent Arctic Deeply story, meet the man behind Iceland’s Arctic Henge. The late Erlingur B. Thoroddsen dreamt of sharing the beauty he saw in the small town of Raufarhöfn through his ‘hobby.’ Thoroddsen explained that the entire structure would be made from locally quarried stone and surrounded by representations of 72 dwarves…