Aulavik, meaning place where people travel in Inuvialuktun, guards more than 12,000 square kilometers of arctic plains on the north end of Banks Island. The park covers an assortment of scenes from lush river valleys to glacial deserts, buttes and badlands, rising and falling hills, and intrepid seacoasts.

The general consensus is that Canada is a land of trees, wide open spaces and extremely long cold winters. Most travelers from overseas have similar views, embellished by images of red-coated Mounties, black bears, Rocky Mountains, and the Niagara Falls. In truth there is all this and considerably more, as you will realize when you [...]