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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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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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2011-06-02
Drottingholm Palace and gardens are located on Lovon Island. It is the private residence of the Swedish Royal Family. In the background of this image is the palace. In the foreground is the formal baroque garden, developed at the end of the 17th century. The rigidly trimmed pillars and low...
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2011-06-10
This series of mushroom-shaped sculptures create a cascade of water near the old town square in Märsta, a suburb of Stockholm in Sweden.
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.jpg "Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska")
2016-07-10
The Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, contains a world-class collection of antique automobiles and machinery. In this image a steel-wheeled traction engine sits outside of the museum building. The collection is complemented by a collection of period fashion clothing. Individual pieces of...
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2015-07-09
Franklin Ave (50th Ave) is one of the main avenues of Yellowknife. It runs southwest to northeast through the downtown, the Old Town and out to the Pilots' Monument. This image, taken from 46 St. looking southwest includes some of the taller buildings in Yellowknife's downtown.
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2015-07-11
Many buildings in Yellowknife are heated with fuel oil. Fuel oil is stored in tanks attached to the buildings.
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2015-07-11
Frame Lake in Yellowknife, NWT was, historically, a Dene fish camp. Since about 1930, the lake has been steadily polluted until, today, winter oxygen levels are too low to support a fish population. Frame Lake is a dead lake. A collaboration of interested groups including Northwest Territories...
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.jpg "German irisis in the Church of the Pond (Kirkkolammenpuisto) Park public garden in Rovaniemi, Finland")
German irisis in the Church of the Pond (Kirkkolammenpuisto) Park public garden in Rovaniemi, Finland
Download2016-06-13
One of several varieties of irises in the public flower garden in Rovaniemi Finland . The plant name plate contains the warning: "koko kasvi on myrkyllinen" or "the whole plant is poisonous". Rovaniemi is close to the Arctic Circle. This planting demonstrates that irises, which are...
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2011-06-10
The dog rose is a native species common in southern Sweden and along the west coast of Norway. The rosehips contain vitamin C and historically, have been used in cookery.
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2014-05-19
Prince George Heritage Commission interpretive board on the river bank reads \"The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway began construction for this great bridge in August 1913. When completed in [not legible word], 1915, it was 810 meters long, just over a mile. The bridge was designed by G.T.P.R ...