A year-round Arctic harvest


Strawberries grown in converted shipping containers in Gjoa Haven. — Renaud Philippe/The New York Times

LIKE many others in Gjoa Haven – a hamlet perched high in Canada’s Arctic, isolated on a large, flat, wind-swept island – Betty Kogvik never had much interest in plants.

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