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Expo 68: Life at sea
Alaska’s 50-year-old, state-run ferry system is not a profit-maker. But for the people who use it, it is as important as the police or fire service. Monocle climbs aboard.
Finn blue line
Icebreaking is in the DNA of Finns. Their shipping heritage and expertise put them in good stead to face challenges from foreign competition, climate change and a race for Arctic resources.
Open season
Monocle meets the foreign investors and returning natives making the most of a budding business market in Yangon, Asia’s new rising trade magnet.
Africa/Middle East
The flight path from Nairobi to Guangzhou and Lebanon's tourism troubles.
The north lives here
The team at CBC North report on everything from whale hunting to -40C weather. Monocle braves the harsh terrain to meet them at their headquarters in Yellowknife.
In from the cold
The Arctic Circle is fast becoming a focal point for business, global energy needs and a few ambitious diplomats too. Monocle finds out why its people are feeling on top of the world.
Planting the seeds
The flagship product of Royal Copenhagen is its Flora Danica porcelain. The delicate dinner set is handpainted, an art that takes years of intensive training. We meet the master painter and her apprentice.
Business
Chopper charters in the frozen north, making cookies for China and radar technology in Canada.
Effective cold relief
Passengers are merely one part of the equation for this Arctic airline: connecting isolated communities and ferrying food and fuel are just as high on the agenda.
Flying in style
Once the world’s largest and most stylish airport, Gander International in Canada mingled locals with celebrities. Today it battles to hold on to its glamorous reputation – and its passenger numbers.
