2006, Volume 98 Number 4

On The Cover ...

Adam and Caplin

Caplin weather: "foggy, wet and sometimes cold weather which usually coincides with the appearance inshore of caplin to spawn in early summer." (Dictionary of Newfoundland English, p. 83).

Photo: Justin Hall

In this issue:

Feature Articles ...

Signs of Difference

Climate Change in Labrador by Jenny Higgins
As a boy growing up in Rigolet, there were all sorts of places Jack Shiwak, a native Labradorian, could travel to by dog team or, later, skidoo – but that, he said, is a thing of the past...[ read online ]

Graham Howcroft: Maker of "Brittle, Crazy Glass" by Helen Peters
Against a background of rich blues and greens, a brilliant burst of light emanates from a pale blue cross, scattering shards of golden light that sends life, light, and comfort to all corners of an abstracted temporal world.

The Voyage of the Eagle into Antarctica, Part Two: Excerpt from the private journal of Captain R.C. Sheppard, MBE with an introduction and notes by Anthony Dickinson
This second excerpt from the diary of Capt. R.C. Sheppard, the master of Eagle, recounts the final moments of her encounter at Hope Bay with a severe gale that almost caused the vessel and crew to be lost.

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