The Maine doorway to the Arctic
A few weeks ago, I took a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to the Arctic. Or at least that’s how some…
San Francisco: The 20th-century golden gateway to the Arctic
In 1936, the newly built Arctic schooner North Star of Herschel Island was loaded from a dock in San Francisco onto a larger…
Northwest Russia: Hard labor, white nights, and a canal
In summer above the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set. This phenomenon, generally called the Polar Day, is referred…