In the first Arctic Impressions podcast, Dorian talks about the houses in Barrow. She said, "They were raised off the ground about a foot or more, and many had big dogs on chains in their front yards. I found out later that these dogs loved to be outside, and protected their owners from polar bears!"
The March 13, 1989 Quebec blackout, the result of a major geomagnetic storm, caused a $6 billion loss to the Canadian economy.