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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
- 8Beaudreau, Diane, biologist, artist
- 3Alberta Aviation Museum
- 3Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre
- 3Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 1AALCO (Anglo American Leather Company) (Decorator)
- 134Photographs
- 55Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 37Russia, St. Petersburg
- 21September, 2016
- 17Arctic flowers
- 16Public Art - Polar Regions
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2016-09-11
In this boulevard garden in St. Petersburg, Russia nasturtiums, cosmos, calendula and a few asters were still blooming in mid-September. The garden is fenced with black metal fencing and the nasturtiums are in a concrete planter in front of the garden. There is a birch tree in the middle of...
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.jpg "Bread for sale in St. Petersburg, Russia in September, 2016")
2016-09-01
This 750 gr loaf of bread was available in a small grocery store in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 11, 2016, priced at 52.90 Rubles. The exchange rate was approximately 1CAD: 47 Rubles, making the loaf of bread close to $1.00 CAD.
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2016-09-11
This curb cut in a sidewalk at ta crosswalk in St. Petersburg was under repair in September 2016. The combination of frequent freezing and thawing of water trapped around the bricks, combined with the heavy traffic of a crosswalk, causes the bricks to heave, shift and deteriorate. Concrete and...
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Brightly painted reindeer (caribou) in front of the Arctic Light Hotel in Rovaniemi, Finland
Download2018-06-12
This brightly painted reindeer was one of several artworks on the street near the Arctic Light Hotel in Rovaniemi.
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2014-01-01
The British Antarctic Survey is one of the premiere polar research organizations in the world. Its headquarters are at High Cross, Madingly Road, Cambridge, UK.
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2014-07-03
This sculpture to sled dogs stands at the entrance to the British Antarctic Survey facility at High Cross, Madingly Road, Cambridge, UK. The inscription on the plaque reads: \"The British Antarctic Survey Sledge Dog Monument. Admirals, Amazons, Beatles, Churchmen, Citizens, Counties,...
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2024-06-06
These buildings were across the road from Kings Park in Tromsø, Norway. The building in the foreground is older. It has orange exterior paneling and a peaked grey slate roof. It also has a narrow black on white banner that reads, "It's never too late to be a rock star." It also has two...
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2015-08-30
Bunchberries are an edible berry found throughout the boreal forest and into the Canadian North
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2025-03-28
Austrian Pine, Pinus nigra, is a species common to Southern Europe. These trees are found as landscape introductions in northern regions. Austrian pines have bundles of needles that tend to point upwards and collect snow.
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2015-07-11
Yellowknife has three public transit routes through the city. Bus shelters in the Niven Lake neighborhood are new and integrated into the landscape. Building on Yellowknife's shield rock terrain requires that the rock either be blasted away or incorporated into the building plan. In this...