CBC North's top 10 most-viewed stories of 2015

Tales of survival, aboriginal language rightsand colourful fish made headlines this year and drew viewers to our website from around Canada and the world.

Here are CBC North's top 10 most-viewed news stories of 2015.

10. Yellowknife apprentice builds his big brother a tiny house

Over the summer, 19-year-old Zachary Hamlyn of Yellowknife built a tiny house for his 20-year-old brother Nathaniel Hamlyn, who lives in Whitehorse. He was also hoping the hours he spent building the house could go toward his carpentry apprenticeship.

9.Oymyakon, Russia: the coldest place on Earth

New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple travelled to Oymyakon, Russia, where average January temperatures are below -50 C.

8. Moose stuck in avalanche freed by 3 Alaska snowmobilers

Last January, Marty Mobley, Rob Uphus and Avery Vucinich found a moose that had been buried in snow by an avalanche and dug it out. "It stood right up and it looked at us, shook the snow off it, and off it went."

7. Sergey Ananov, Russian pilot rescued in Arctic, recounts 2-day ordeal

A Russian pilot whose helicopter crashed in July during the Iqaluit-to-Greenland portion of a trip around the world spent two days on an ice floe awaiting rescue, trying to stay warm and chasing away polar bears.

6. Buffalo Airways of TV's Ice Pilots NWT has licence suspended

On Nov. 30, Transport Canada suspended Hay River-based Buffalo Airways's air operator certificate due to its "poor safety record."

5. Winning photo from Yukon hair freezing contest goes global

The winning photo from the annual hair freezing contest at Takhini Hot Pools in Yukon travelled far and wide in March. Milna Georgeault and her teammates, Maxime Gouyou Beauchamps and Fanny Caritte, said they put a lot of work into their winning styles.

4.Mother fights to use Chipewyan baby name on N.W.T. birth certificate

Shene Catholique Valpy fought for her daughter's name Sahaia May Talbot to appear on her N.W.T. birth certificate using a glottal stop. The government said it could not comply because the glottal stop isn't part of the Roman alphabet.

By the time the N.W.T. languages commissioner ruled in her favour in October, recommending the government incorporate Dene fonts in its official paperwork, Catholique Valpy had gotten a birth certificate for her daughter with a hyphen replacing the glottal stop as the need for official registration for travel, medical, and tax purposes had become pressing.

3. Neon jackfish leaves Yellowknife fisherman stumped

A Yellowknife angler caught and released a fluorescent green pike while fishing in Great Slave Lake in August.

Experts later explained that pike, like other fish, have the ability to adapt their colouring to their surroundings. This pike's unique coloration was likely due to the pike spendingtime near the surface of the lake where the sun is brighter and the water a lighter blue and near reeds, which are often havens for green algae growth.

2. N.W.T.'s Snap Lake diamond mine halts operations

De Beers Canada announced in early December it was closing its Snap Lake diamond mine, laying off 434 employees. Of the mine's permanent employees, about 100 live in the N.W.T.

1.Inuit throatsingers steal the show at Justin Trudeau's swearing-in ceremony

Samantha Metcalfe and Cailyn Degrandpre, two young Inuit throatsingers from Ottawa, stole hearts in October when they performed during the Justin Trudeau government's swearing-in ceremony.

Inuit throatsingers at swearing-in ceremony

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Samantha Metcalfe and Cailyn Degrandpre of Ottawa broke into giggles following their performance