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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
- 134Photographs
- 31Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 122015/07/08
- 112015/07/10
- 11Sculpture - Polar Regions
- 62015/07/09
- 134Campbell, Sandy
- 1Bergh, Arne - (Sculptor)
- 1Gimpel, Charles
- 1Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 1Iyerak, Alain
- 1Johnston, Mike
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2014-05-24
This lazuli bunting appeared at a bird feeder near 53.716534, -114.869136 on May 24, 2014. It stayed for one day and did not visit the feeder again. This species has not been seen at this site before. E-bird.org records only one sighting further north in Alberta at Beaver Crossing in the St....
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2011-06-07
Hypogymnia physodes is the most common lichen in Finland. It grows well on acidic tree bark.
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2014-01-21
This life preserver is on the upper deck of The Fram in The Fram Museum in Oslo Norway.
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2025-07-07
This rustic sculpture by Peter Jonsson is found in Badhusparken in central Sweden. The sculpture is a large head roughly carved from wood, placed on a low tree stump. On top of the head is a rusted gas lantern. The title Ljushuvud which translates \"Bright Person\" is a pun.
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2015-07-09
In Yellowknife's Old Town a number of historic cabins have been pulled together and preserved. These two are on skids, which allowed them to be pulled to different locations. The one on the left is made of sawn lumber, while the one on the right is a notched log building. The shingles visible...
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2015-07-08
The Garden of Hope is near the shore of Frame Lake. This rock stands near the entrance. A sign near the entrance reads: \"GARDEN OF HOPE Loranie Frances Minish-Cooper (1951 - 2002)\". \"Loraine believed in the power of hope and it was her wish that this garden would be a place of hope, peace...
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2025-07-12
The Setra lumber mill is located on the west side of the Kalix River, in the town of Kalix at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia. A map of the mill site is shown in the photograph. This mill is one of the largest employers in Kalix
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2011-06-09
Rhododendron tomentosum or Marsh Labrador Tea, is a circumpolar plant, growing across Northern North America, Nothern Europe and Asia. Traditionally, it was used as an herbal remedy. This particular plant was growing at the Santa Clause Forest, near Rovaniemi in Finland
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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.
