Getting Plowed
Collusion, sabotage, violence—inside Montreal’s no-holds-barred snow removal racket.
Collusion, sabotage, violence—inside Montreal’s no-holds-barred snow removal racket.
Selena Ross Maisonneuve Apr 2012 20min Permalink
Snow science against the avalanche.
James Somers New Yorker Mar 2020 30min Permalink
A collection of picks on Montreal's plow racket, what it’s like to freeze to death, the wilds of eastern Siberia and more.
Collusion, sabotage, violence—inside Montreal’s no-holds-barred snow removal racket.
Selena Ross Maisonneuve Apr 2012 20min
First chill, then stupor, then letting go.
Peter Stark Outside Jan 1997 15min
In 1912, 300 miles deep on a trek into the uncharted Antarctic wilderness, Douglas Mawson lost most of his crew and supplies. This is the story of how he got back.
David Roberts National Geographic Jan 2013 10min
A dispatch from eastern Siberia, a realm of steel-shattering cold and nullifying vastness sometimes called “the white hell.”
Jeffrey Tayler The Atlantic Apr 1997 20min
In 2001, a young Japanese woman walked into the North Dakota woods. Had she come in search of the $1 million dollars buried by a fictional character in the film Fargo?
Paul Berczeller The Guardian Jun 2003 10min
How the ski town of the super-rich responds to global warming.
Nathaniel Rich Men's Journal Feb 2014 30min
The avalanche at Tunnel Creek.
John Branch New York Times Dec 2012 10min
A trip to the Iditarod.
Brian Phillips Grantland Apr 2013 20min
Jan 1997 – Feb 2014 Permalink
The Tunnel Creek avalanche, five years later.
Eva Holland Seattle Met Feb 2017 15min Permalink