Arctic Journal
Fireweed
The Canadian Arctic is home to myriad natural colourful floral arrays contrasting the barren High Arctic tundra. Quiz yourself on the regional flowers with these multiple-choice trivia questions.
1. What is the official territorial flower for Nunavut, which is one of the first plants to bloom in spring?
a) Purple Saxifrage b) Arctic Snow flower c) Arctic Rose d) Orange Sunshine
Purple Saxifrage
2. Of the 300 species of wildflowers found in the Arctic tundra biome, which of the following is considered a medicinal plant?
a) Rhododendron b) Rhodiola c) Rain Lily d) Rose of Sharon
3. The Tufted Saxifrage reaches the height of 10 cm; the white flower blooms in mid‐late July. This plant was once recognized for its medicinal properties for treatment of what?
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Human skeletal remains found on Kruzof Island near Sitka in 2020 are modern, but not especially recent. A DNA sample will be compared to a national database of missing persons, and could shed light on who the individual was, and how they came to an end in the woods behind Shoals Point.
According to Sitka police, the individual was between the ages of 30 and 50 years old at the time of death, and likely of Native American, Latinx, or other Asian derivative. And while it’s not a lot to go on, that we know this much at all is the result of work by a special field of investigation called forensic anthropology.
Kruzof mystery deepens as skeletal remains prove modern
Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 26, 2021
The skeletal bones were found about 500 yards inland from Shoals Point, on Kruzof Island, where many things drift, blow, or are otherwise carried ashore from the open Pacific. Officials are now looking for a DNA match in the FBI’s CODIS database. (Shorezone image/NOAA)
Human skeletal remains found on Kruzof Island near Sitka in April of 2020 are modern, but not especially recent. A DNA sample will be compared to a national database of missing persons, and could shed light on who the individual was, and how they came to an end in the woods behind Shoals Point.
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Arctic charity resilient in challenging times Juno Award winner Susan Aglukark, left, founder of the Arctic Rose Foundation, at a workshop in Ariat, Nunavut, that trains two Indigenous youth to serve as Community Artist Liason and Mentor (CALM) workers. Photo courtesy Arctic Rose Foundation
Arctic charity resilient in challenging times By
Bernadette Timson, Youth Speak Newa December 22, 2020
Like most charities across Canada, the Arctic Rose Foundation finds itself operating in a landscape that is, and will remain, uncertain for some time.
Founded by three-time Juno-winning Canadian-Inuk singer/songwriter Susan Aglukark, Arctic Rose strives to support Indigenous communities particularly children and youth in northern Canada, especially its most remote and isolated regions. In this challenging time of COVID-19, which hasn’t spared any corner of this vast land, executing the foundation’s annual Christmas Food Program is a chief priority. So far, food stock is soli