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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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2024-06-07
Norwegian flag hanging outside a shop in Tromsø in Northern Norway.
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2024-07-10
This traditional Norwegian log farmhouse with a sod roof is located in Heritage Square in Red Deer, Alberta Canada. It has a fully equipped kitchen and showcases traditional Norwegian cultural objects including regional dresses, hardanger embroidery and rosemaling-style painting on household...
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2015-07-14
Oil drums were converted to stoves by removing a section of the drum wall and replacing it with a flat piece of metal. A stove pipe was added to one end and the other end was converted to a door to allow wood to be added and ash removed. This drum was set on rocks to allow for cooling airflow...
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.jpg "Öland Windmill at Skansen Open Air Museum, Sweden")
2011-05-30
Skansen is an open air living history museum on the island of Djurgarden in Stockholm. Examples of buildings have been brought from many parts of Sweden. This wooden windmill is from Öland Island which is just of the south east coast of Sweden. The outside of the windmill is covered with...
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.jpg "Ornate cast iron balcony railing, St. Petersburg, Russia")
2016-09-11
This cast iron balcony railings is one of the most ornate designs among St. Petersburg's decorative ironwork. The bilaterally symmetrical design is made up of leaves and curlicues and fills the whole panel without repetition. Behind the railing, a partially open French-door and ornately...
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2024-06-12
These rock carvings or petroglyphs are at Skavberg, about 30 km west of Tromsø, Norway. Some may be as old as 7,000 B.C. The carvings on the left half of the rock wall show horned animals, including reindeer, and fish. The colour has been recently added to make the carvings visible.
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2024-06-12
These petroglyphs are at Skavberg about 30 km west of Tromsø, Norway. Some of the carvings may be from 7,000 B.C. The colour has been added recently to make the carvings more visible. The right part of the wall has fewer and smaller carvings. They are of horned animals and fish.
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2018-06-21
These pigs were in makeshift pens alongside the allotments at Stora Skuggan in the National City Park in Stockholm, Sweden. There is a 4H farm at the same site.
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2016-09-11
St. Petersburg's canals provide a viable water-based transportation system. In addition to the tour boats, on the water, there were also personal watercraft moored along the canals. Mallard ducks can be seen near the back of the boats. In the background several applications of cast iron...
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.jpg "Plums for sale in St. Petersburg, September 2016")
2016-09-11
Prune plums were available in grocery stores in St. Petersburg, Russia in September, 2016. They were priced at 49.90/kg or approximately $1.00CDN/kilo.