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Circumpolar Digital Image Collection
The Circumpolar Digital Image Collection is a collection of photos, slides, other images and contributions shared by many of the University of Alberta’s polar researchers. Images in the collection may be used for teaching and research purposes. For any other use, please contact the Canadian Circumpolar Institute.
Items in this Collection
- 4Public Art - Arctic Regions
- 2Public Art - Polar Regions
- 1Arctic Art and Summer Design - Rovaniemi, Finland
- 1Banners - Yellowknife, NWT
- 1Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 1Domestic Birds in Art
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2024-06-06
"The Rooster" is a mosaic by Marit Bockelie on the exterior wall of the Gyllenborg Primary School at the intersection of Kirkegardssvegen and Skolegata in Tromsø, Norway. The image is of a rooster with a bugle instead of a beak, standing on top of a peaked roof. On the side of the building...
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.jpg "Overhead Umbrella Art Installation in Rovaniemi, Finland")
2018-06-16
Strings of lime green umbrellas with white swans criss-cross the street in front of the Arctic Lights Hotel in Rovaniemi, Finland, celebrating the 2018 Arctic Art and Summer Design event.
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.jpg "Street Banner With Mine Head Buildings - Yellowknife, NWT")
2015-07-07
During the summer of 2015, Yellowknife displayed a variety of street banners attached to utility poles. This one, in black and gold colours, shows a mine head with buildings, accompanied by the words "Yellowknife Golden Heritage 1934".
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2024-06-07
This little troll sits outside of a tourist shop near Tromsø's harbour. The troll has a happy expression and exposes his single tooth in a wide smile. He has dark hair, thick dark eyebrows, blue eyes, and oversized ears and nose. His clothing is black and white trimmed with red and green. He...