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EPISODE · Feb 28, 2026 · 28 MIN

Building the Snowcastle in -40C

from The North · host Cabin Radio

Philippe Deslandes, in his third year building the Snowcastle that appears on Yellowknife Bay each March, talks us through what changes when it's a February as bleakly cold as this one.Also on the show: Brett Hansen and Mallory Chipman tell Jasmine Nasogaluak about their NACC show Confluence, and former journalist Amanda Lindhout – held captive in Somalia for more than a year – talks to Emily Blake about the lessons she's bringing to Yellowknife from that ordeal.

Philippe Deslandes, in his third year building the Snowcastle that appears on Yellowknife Bay each March, talks us through what changes when it's a February as bleakly cold as this one.Also on the show: Brett Hansen and Mallory Chipman tell Jasmine Nasogaluak about their NACC show Confluence, and former journalist Amanda Lindhout – held captive in Somalia for more than a year – talks to Emily Blake about the lessons she's bringing to Yellowknife from that ordeal.

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