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Throwback Thursday: Nunavut up and running
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
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Throwback Thursday: 2001 Arctic Land Expedition
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Back in 2001, photographer Paul vanPeenen retraced the steps of midshipman and artist George Back, who joined Sir John Franklin’s first expedition to the Arctic Ocean in 1819. Read this brief story on how vanPeenan’s images captured the past.
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