The Ni’isjoohl Memorial Pole was taken from the Nisga’a Nation, an indigenous community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, almost a century ago. On display in the National Museum of ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

Contrary to the beliefs of many early travelers, explorers and missionaries, the totem poles of the Northwest Coast were not worshiped by First Nations, nor are they depictions of gods. Totem poles ...

Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...

All individual pitches of the original climb up the Totem Pole in Tasmania, Australia, were freed in January by Doug McConnell and Dean Rollins. News from downunder sometimes takes time to sicker ...

It is summertime and pleasant in Sitka, Alaska. Local artist Kerry McNulty, like many other visitors to the Sitka National ...

Police say two climbers spent the night atop of the Totem Pole in Tasmania's south-east after their ropes became "entangled" in high winds. Several attempt were made to rescue the pair by air and ...

Two interstate climbers who became trapped on top of the Totem Pole at Tasmania's Cape Hauy have been rescued overnight. Police said they became aware about 6pm on Tuesday night that two people ...