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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
- 232Campbell, Sandy
- 8Beaudreau, Diane, biologist, artist
- 3Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 1AALCO (Anglo American Leather Company) (Decorator)
- 1Alberta Aviation Museum
- 1Bergh, Arne - (Sculptor)
- 128Photographs
- 54Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 142015/07/08
- 142015/07/10
- 14Public Art - Polar Regions
- 12Sculpture - Polar Regions
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2015-07-09
This decorative moose is inside the entrance to the Yellowknife visitors information centre. It is constructed from a small recycled propane tank.
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2012-07-01
This aircraft is now housed in the Aviation Hall of the Royal Armed Forces and Military History Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
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2025-07-04
The Fram was built with a greenheart-reinforced hull. Greenheart is a dense wood. The ship was built to withstand the crush of pack ice. The Fram survived three polar exploration voyages (two Arctic, one Antarctic).
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2015-07-09
This painted wood cut is one of a series of images of wild berries that are mounted on the wall of the Yellowknife Inn. This image shows berries, leaves and stems on a blue background.
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2024-06-11
This art installation is located on the UiT The Arctic University of Norway campus in Tromsø, Norway. From the installation description, "This work consists of 10 lanterns from the cities with the 5 largest airports and the 5 largest container ports in the world, based on 2013 statistics. They...
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2016/0 7/14
This is the third paddle wheeler owned by the same family that has travelled the Chena River. It transports passengers upriver to the Chena Indian Village, where it is docked in this image.
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2009-08-12
The door handles on the main doors to the Town Hall in Kiruna, Sweden are made to resemble the shaman's drum.
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.jpg "Door handles with paw prints at the Bear Lodge in Fairbanks, Alaska")
2015-07-08
At the Bear Lodge in Fairbanks, Alaska, are cast metal rectangles with bear paw prints on them. They are mounted on metal rails cast to look like tree branches.
.jpg "Ecole Sir John Franklin High School, Yellowknife, NWT")