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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 "These nursery rhymes have been translated into Uummarmiutun and adapted to the biology of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's northwestern Arctic.")
These nursery rhymes have been translated into Uummarmiutun and adapted to the biology of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's northwestern Arctic.
Download2025-06-23
This book contains Uummarmiutun versions of three common nursery rhymes (Mary Had a Little Lamb, Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star). The rhymes have been translated and adapted. For example, because an Inuit child is more likely to have a dog than a lamb, the rhyme has been...
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.jpg "Thor's Hammer")
2018-06-18
This sculpture was created in 1981 by Bengt Lindström on behalf of Volvo. The sculpture was placed outside the State Historical Museum in Stockholm in 1983 in conjunction with Lindström's exhibition "Myths". It was renovated in 1992 and relocated to Östersund, where it was placed in connection...
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2000-08-01
Thule culture house circles (stone, sod and whalebone) at Salmon Creek, Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Modern campground with tent pads and windbreaks in the background. August 2000
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2000-08-01
Remains of Thule culture house circles (stone, sod and whalebone) at Salmon Creek, Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Modern campsite with tent pads and windbreaks in the background. August 2000
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.jpg "Tinned meats for sale in St. Petersburg, Russia September 2016")
2016-09-11
These tinned or canned meats were available in a small grocery store in St. Petersburg, Russian on September 11, 2016. Tins (325 gr) of beef and pork are priced at 49.90 and 99.90 rubles for different manufacturers. Tinned chicken on the upper shelf is priced at 59.90. The Candian dollar to...
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.jpg "Toklat River Contact Station")
2016-08-16
The Toklat River Contact Station is situated beside the Toklat River. At this site there is an interpretive centre, where visitors can read about the geology, flora and fauna and handle natural history objects such as antlers. There is also a small bookstore.
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2024-06-07
The McDonald's in Tromsø, Norway advertises itself as the "Northernmost McDonalds in the World". The restaurant serves the standard McDonald's dishes, including Happy Meals for children, which come with a choice of a book or a toy, which were displayed in the window.
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2016-09-12
This tractor, with a front mounted blade and a rear-mounted sweeper brush was the first of three road maintenance vehicles traveling on a street in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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.jpg "Traditional Evenki beadwork - coat and hat")
2014-11-26
This is a complete coat, hat and boots ensemble by Semenova Polina Ivanova, which was displayed at the Art Gallery in Yakutsk, November, 2014.
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2025-06-03
These reindeer boots were beaded with traditional designs by Anna Nikolaeva of Yakutsk Russia. Anna is the granddaughter of master beadworker Semenova Polina Ivanovna.