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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
- 428Campbell, Sandy
- 175Seale, Linda N.
- 9Beaudreau, Diane, biologist, artist
- 3Alberta Aviation Museum
- 3Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre
- 3Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 134Photographs
- 56Antarctic Peninsula
- 56Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 37Russia, St. Petersburg
- 24Arctic flowers
- 24September, 2016
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.jpg "Fireweed seed pods")
2021-08-29
After the fireweed flowers have dropped, the purple-red seed pods are left. These eventually break open to release seeds with fluff attached. The seeds are blown by the wind.
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2014-06-30
Ernest H. Shackelton wrote The Heart of the Antarctic being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1907. The Shackelton Memorial Library at the Scott Polar Research Institute holds six first edition copies.
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.jpg "Fish press or salmon press at Chena Village, Alaska")
2016-07-14
When salmon is dried, it twists and curls. When the salmon is bundled it needs to be compressed to be more easily carried on a sled. This simple fulcrum press compacts the salmon so that it can bundled tightly.
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.jpg "Fishing net weights made from wood and birch bark")
2018-06-19
These Nätsänken (net sinkers) or weights for fishing nets are held at Jamtli, the regional museum of Jämtland and Härjedalen in Östersund, Sweden. They are constructed of wood bent into a circle and a birch bark pocket across the centre to hold a stone for weight. A stone can be seen in the...
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2024-06-09
These nets were outside a fishing supply store in Tromsø, Norway. Fishing is an important part of the economy in coastal Norway.
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2016-08-14
Landing gear on many small planes used in the Arctic can be switched from floats or pontoons to skis or wheels. These floats had been drawn up on the bank of the Chena River at Fairbanks, Alaska.
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2015-07-11
Over the July 10 - 12 weekend Yellowknife hosted the annual Midnight Sun Fly-in. There were many float planes at the old Wardair Dock, as well as overhead.
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2004-01-01
Floating ice in Waddington Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, January 2004
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2014-05-19
A creek runs through the Hudson Bay Slough in Fort George Park in Prince George, B.C., and discharges into the Fraser River. On this day the river was so high that it had flooded the creek mouth, backing water up through Fort George Park. Fraser River is in the background.
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.jpg "Flower beds and fountain at Peterhof")
2016-09-22
The gardens and park at Peterhof are extensive. This is one of many formal plantings with geometric patterns in pinks and mauves cut directly into the lawn grass. The three tiered fountain in the background is one of many in the park.