James Mooney

From an early age, Jamie loved to travel and learn how people survived, thrived, and multiplied in every region of the world. He is a Registered Professional Archaeologist who calls the Yukon home and is a huge fan of Robert Service. Jamie has conducted more than three decades of archaeological work with projects around the world including in Nunavut, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Alaska, British Columbia, Texas, Louisiana, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Japan, Honduras, Hawaii, and Maine.

Jamie worked as an archaeologist for the Yukon Government during the survey of Qikiqtaryuk (Herschel Island) and the Yukon North Slope, identifying and recording cultural resources. Jamie also worked with the Canadian Museum of History in the conducting archaeological survey and testing in the Lower Mackenzie River Valley and North Coast. His graduate studies focused on Arctic and Subarctic archaeology and the construction and use of an 18th Century semi-subterranean Aleutian Longhouse at on Unalaska Island, Alaska.  Jamie has overseen research and updating to the Government of Yukon’s Searching for Our Heritage Database for 8 years, which included Inuvialuit materials from the western Arctic.

James is fluent in irony, comedy, and body language, and one of his most memorable arctic experiences was riding an ivu. He loves to see travellers make those small-world connections in the most unexpected locations.