Sagatay, November/December 2005
 | As I locked eyes with a thousand-pound polar bear, standing a mere eight feet in front of me, I wondered why it wasn’t charging at me. It could have been the weather, it could have been sick or it could have been uninterested in me – I’ll never know. He made no effort to leave and seemed to pose politely for photos – his yellowing fur discoloured with caked-on sand. |
 | Tommy Miles gives people a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” In his spare time, Miles leads guided tours of the northern tundra around Fort Severn where people hope to come across polar bears. Some groups are lucky enough to see dozens of the huge carnivores along with other animals – arctic fox, geese and caribou – about 100 kilometres north of Fort Severn along the coast of Hudson Bay. |
 | Briana Wassaykeesic feels most comfortable on the ice among her peers. Wassaykeesic plays with the Mishkeegogamang LadyHawks broomball team despite being 18 and facing competition from bigger, stronger ladies. She describes the LadyHawks as a young team with a drive to succeed. |
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