Faraway People Series
The Mounties at Old crow

The life of officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a remote community in the Yukon.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police operates in the most remote communities of Canada.
One of them is Old Crow, a village of 300 in the extreme north of the Yukon Territory that is accessible only by air.
The majority of Old Crow’s population belong to the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. The three policemen who work here, although only posted for two years, are very well integrated to the local community. As well as enforcing the law, they take part in local events such as the village’s baseball tournament, a highlight of summer in a village with no pub, no restaurant and no cinema.

Treasures of the World Series
Gebel Barkal - Holy Mountain of the Black Pharaohs, Sudan

Gebel Barkal in Sudan is a small mountain in the Nile Valley surrounded by rich archaeological sites.

In ancient times the fertile, silt-bearing waters of the Nile gave birth to two advanced civilisations - the Egyptians and the Nubians.
A common religious roots linked the destinies of both the Egyptians and the Nubians.  Pharaohs built temples around the mountain of Gebel Barkal.
The archaeological sites surrounding Gebel Barkal are testimony to the Napatan (900 to 270 BC) and Meroitic (270 BC to 350 AD) cultures, of the second kingdom of Kush. Tombs, with and without pyramids, temples, living complexes and palaces, are to be found on the site. Since Antiquity, the hill of Gebel Barkal has been strongly associated with religious traditions and folklore. The largest temples are still considered by the local people as sacred places.