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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
- 140Campbell, Sandy
- 2Alberta Aviation Museum
- 1Falkholt, Carolina (Painter and Graffiti Artist)
- 1Isabel Ferriera (artist)
- 1Lam, Jen
- 1Marit Bockelie (artist)
- 23Russia, St. Petersburg
- 14Arctic flowers
- 14September, 2016
- 13Arctic plants
- 6Arctic and Alpine Botanic Garden - Tromsø, Norway
- 6Botanic Gardens - Arctic Regions
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2016-09-11
In St. Petersburg, it was not uncommon to see people fishing in the canals.
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2024-06-07
The area around Prestvannet Lake in Tromsø, Norway is boggy. There are several small streams feeding into the lake. Marsh marigolds grow along the streams.
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2024-06-08
These Himalayan blue poppies, native to Bhutan, were on display in Tromsø University Museum's Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden (latitude 69.6769° N). The plant tag indicates that the plant was collected in 2018 in Bhutan. These poppies typically have four petals with an orange centre.
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2007-06-09
Great Solovetsky is so wet and boggy, that the runway is completely covered with interlocked metal strips. These are slippery when wet. Our plane skidded when we landed and hit one of the runway lights.
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2016-09-11
In St. Petersburg, many street-level windows on businesses and apartments have decorative metal security grilles. This one is a sunburst pattern that extends over two sections, covering the window opening. The sunburst begins with an arc in the lower right of the right section. Metal rods...
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2016-07-10
This plume from an industrial process in Fairbanks, Alaska was white during the day. At 12:50 a.m., the sun rising over the mountains to the east turned the plume pink. This photo shows the Joy Elementary School at 24 Margaret Street in Fairbanks.
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2017-10-22
Tamarack is a larch that is found in boreal forests around the circumpolar north. In late October, the tamarack in this mixed stand were still covered with their golden needles, standing in contrast with the dark green of the black spruce. Tamarack is a conifer, having cones, but unlike most...
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.jpg "Moose antlers attached to the ridge pole of a sod roofed cabin at Chena Indian Village, Alaska")
Moose antlers attached to the ridge pole of a sod roofed cabin at Chena Indian Village, Alaska
Download2016-07-15
This set of moose antlers, often referred to as a "rack of antlers" is mounted on the ridgepole over the entrance to a reconstructed trappers' cabin at the Chena Indian Village near Fairbanks, Alaska. The presence of the palms, sometimes called "pans" or "shovels" on the antler indicates that the...
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2024-06-14
This five-petaled flower grows in many Arctic regions including North Coast Alaska, Iceland, and Northern Labrador. This cluster was blooming in mid-June near the top Fjellheisen gondola station at Tromsø, Norway.
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.jpg "Mural at Valtakatu 24 in Rovaniemi, Finland")
2018-06-15
This image is part of a triptych called "Firewall" by Swedish artist Carolina Falkholt, painted in 2013. This mural is on the end of a building at Valtakatu 24 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The other parts are in Luleå (Sweden) and Severomorsk (Russia). This mural covers the whole end of the building...