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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
- 426Campbell, Sandy
- 175Seale, Linda N.
- 9Beaudreau, Diane, biologist, artist
- 3Alberta Aviation Museum
- 3Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre
- 3Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 134Photographs
- 56Antarctic Peninsula
- 56Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 37Russia, St. Petersburg
- 24Arctic flowers
- 24September, 2016
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2008-08-02
Polar bear footprint at Worsleyneset, Lefdfjorden, north coast of Spitzbergen, Norway. August 2008
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2017-10-07
This polar bear skin is an artifact in the Alberta Aviation Museum permanent exhibit of the 418 Squadron. The skin is mounted on black cloth.
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2011-09-18
This polar bear was taken many years ago in the Yukon. The skin is mounted on two layers of red heavy cotton fabric. The skin was acquired by a private collector, located in western Alberta, in about 2000.
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2015-07-08
This polar bear skin rug lies on the floor of the NWT Legislative Assembly Chamber. There is a story that the tour guides tell about it. A man asked the Legislative Assembly to help him because the bear was terrorizing the settlement. The Assembly did not help, so he killed the bear and brought...
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.jpg "Polar Explorers obelisk at Swedish Natural History Museum")
2018-06-21
This side of the obelisk shows a profile relief of a man looking left, with the name Adof Erik Nordenskiöld below. Nordenskiöld of Finnish/Swedish extraction and a Swediash parliamentarian. He was prominent Arctic explorer who made expeditions to Spitzbergen, the Arctic, and led Vega...
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2024-06-08
This pond is one of several water features in the Arctic and Alpine Botanic Garden (latitude 69.6769° N) in Tromsø, Norway. A small water fall feeds the pond from the higher elevations in the garden. A mallard duck sits on the grass near the centre of the image. This garden is the northernmost...
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2000-08-01
Display marking the celebrations for the creation of Nunavut, April 1 1999, showing the Nunavut flag and an Inuktitut name, Mitimatilik ('the place where Mitiima is buried'). Taken August 2000
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2025-07-14
Eurasian aspen are common at the Arctic Circle in Finland and Sweden.
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2015-07-10
Aspen serpentine leaf miner is a common insect pest in the Northwest Territories. This tree was at 44St and 50th Avenue in Yellowknife. Identification of the pest confirmed by Dr. David Langor Research Scientist, Pest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian...
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Porcupine quill work on the replica of the original mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Download2015-07-08
A replica of the original mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Norhwest Territories is on display at the Legislature Building. Around the shaft of the mace there is a section of dyed porcupine quills stitched into diamond and checkerboard patterns in red and blue.The top and bottom edges are...