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Mammoth skeleton at the centre.

Whitehorse, Yukon

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

Whitehorse, Yukon

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Carcross Desert

Carcross, Yukon

Carcross Desert

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

One of the infamous toes.

Dawson City, Yukon

The Sourtoe Cocktail

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

A lane of signs in the forest

Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Ugly Truck and Dog Contest. Long John Jamboree, March 24, 2012.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Long John Jamboree

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

The Igloo Church.

Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Our Lady of Victory Church

This house of worship in the Arctic Circle is shaped like an igloo.

A teepee and Great Bear Lake, covered with snow as it is most of the year

Deline, Northwest Territories

Great Bear Lake

Locals believe the purity of this huge, untouched Arctic lake could be the salvation of human civilization.

collapsed pingo

Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories

The Tuktoyaktuk Pingos

Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.

Grave of the Mad Trapper of Rat River

Northwest Territories

Grave of the Mad Trapper of Rat River

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

The Inuvik community greenhouse was converted from an old hockey rink.

Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Inuvik Community Greenhouse

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.

Ragged Ass Road

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Ragged Ass Road

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

(Flickr/DrJohnBullas)

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Diavik Diamond Mine

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

The Smoking Hills, as seen from the sea.

Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories

The Smoking Hills

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

The new design after the 2005 arson attack

Iqaluit, Nunavut

St. Jude's Igloo Cathedral

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

Nettilling Lake (background) lies on Baffin Island

Baffin Region, Nunavut

Nettilling Lake

This landlocked lake is the world's largest on an island.

Ellesmere Island Mummified Forest

Nunavut

Ellesmere Island Mummified Forest

Rare mummified forest could offers a glimpse into how our environment has been changed by humans.

Rankin Inlet  inunnguaq

Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Rankin Inlet Inunnguaq

A modern version of the stone cairns built by the Inuit.

Graves of Beechey Island in the snow

Nunavut

Graves of Beechey Island

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

Osborn Range on Ellesmere Island.

Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut

Ellesmere Island

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.

High-def satellite image of third order island

Nunavut

Sub-Sub-Sub Island on Victoria Island

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Bird's eye view of the star-shaped fort.

Churchill, Manitoba

Prince of Wales Fort

This former outpost was designed to protect the lucrative fur trade of the 18th century.

Sarushima Island

Yokosuka, Japan

Sarushima - "Monkey Island"

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

Specimens on display.

Nagasaki, Japan

Museum of Tropical Medicine

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

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