Arctic reindeer
Reindeer outside Inuvik are the northernmost herd in Canada.
The animals were driven to the region by the Canadian government in the 1930s.
Today the animals are managed by Kunnik Limited, which hires herders to protect the animals from arctic wolves and wolverines.
On a cold day in January, Northwind’s associate producer, Philippe Morin, travelled past Jimmy lakes to visit the herds.
He there spoke with herder Raymond Ettagiak about the reindeer, and how they are reacting to an unusually cold winter.
Special features
- SoundslideGreat Northern Arts Festival
- This year more than 80 visual artists and 40 performers gathered in Inuvik, to work on pieces and share techniques
- SoundslideInuvialuit artifacts
- The MacFarlane collection contains tools and clothing, which have been undisturbed for almost 145 years
- SoundslideLazarus Sittichinli
- Inuvik boy has famous great-grandfather
- SoundslideMackenzie ice breaks
- It happens once a year, and it's over in a matter of hours: Tons of ice suddenly break and start moving with the current of the Mackenzie river
- SoundslideHybrid bear?
- The community of Ulukhaktok is waiting on the results of a DNA test after a bear with brown fur was killed 30 kilometres outside the community on sea ice
- SoundslideLobster
- The annual mothers' day dinner has become a tradition in Inuvik
- SoundslideAklavik 100
- The hamlet of Aklavik is marking one century of existence in 2010
- SoundslideIvvavik art show
- For the past six years, Parks Canada has brought visual artists to Ivvavik as part of a project called "Art in the Park"
- SoundslideUlukhaktok art
- The community of Ulukhaktok, with a population of about 500, has become known for a distinctive style of stencil art
- SoundslideCheers and tears
- Community wellness workers finish program in Inuvik
- SoundslideRoy Ipana honoured in Inuvik
- Hundreds of people filled Inuvik's arena on February 19, as it was renamed the Roy Sugloo Ipana memorial arena.
- SoundslideSkilled trades
- Students from across the Beaufort Delta gathered to test their skills with hammers, hairdryers, lathes, drills, measuring cups and other tools
- SoundslideLive from the Igloo Church
- Musicians Antoine Bareil and Sébastien Lepine travelled to Inuvik
- SoundslideSnowshoe racing in Fort McPherson
- Athletes have been training for the Arctic Winter Games since September, often running several times a week
- SoundslideCadets in Inuvik
- Western Area Arctic Skill Competition
- SoundslideArctic reindeer
- Canada's northernmost herd at 40 below
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