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‘I let my performances tell the tale’: A short history of women in the Yukon Quest

Posted on February 9, 2017

“Beck, Mahoney, Bandana, Otter, Guppy, Troubador…. I’ve known so many wonderful and amazing dogs,” says Jennine Cathers, who operates Cathers Wilderness Adventures of Lake Labarge, Yukon. In 1989, at only 18 years of age, Cathers became the youngest person ever to complete the Yukon Quest. That she is a woman is only besides the point; women have been competing in the Quest since its inception in 1984.

History
Alaska Highway Workers: ‘They showed up to work for different reasons, but they showed up just the same’

The Alaska Highway was constructed from Dawson Creek, B.C., to Big Delta, Alaska, in response to the Imperial Japanese Navy bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the growing…

October 13, 2016
By Lily Gontard
Arts & Culture Politics
Northern Indigenous Twitter: 5 folks to follow

More than ever before, Indigenous people globally are creating conversations around the historic and contemporary injustices that their communities face. While the North has obvious geographic barriers to facilitate these conversations,…

July 25, 2016
By Sarah Frey
Infrastructure Politics
Canada Transportation Act review finds avenues for improving Northern access

When it comes to access and infrastructure, the Canadian North is falling behind other Arctic nations, according to the government-appointed review of the Canada Transportation Act. While natural resources – the economic…

March 30, 2016
By Elaine Anselmi
Arctic Interruptions
Mexicans in Alaska: Interrupting Expectations of the Circumpolar North

The following is part two of the second set of our ongoing Arctic Interruptions series. Edited by Sara Komarnisky and Lindsay Bell, this series challenges our expectations about the North and opens new…

December 10, 2015
By Sara Komarnisky