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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
- 232Campbell, Sandy
- 175Seale, Linda N.
- 9Beaudreau, Diane, biologist, artist
- 3Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 3Lukasewich, Megan
- 2Canadian Circumpolar Institute Archive
- 128Photographs
- 56Antarctic Peninsula
- 55Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 21Gentoo penguins
- 21Spitzbergen, Norway
- 19Penguin rookeries
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2013-03-11
Grass and leaf debris insulate a mound of snow from the sun. Where the snow is exposed on the side of the mound melting undermines the insulated areas.
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2018-06-12
The Arctic Centre Library was relocated in 2018 to the lower level of Arktikum House. The collection includes books, journals and electronic material on Arctic, Antarctic and northern issues.
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.jpg "Interior of the Aurora College Library, Yellowknife/North Slave Campus")
2015-07-08
This library in Yellowknife is one of several the network Aurora College libraries. In addition to the collections area in the image, the library also has a computer lab.
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Inukshuk on the grounds of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Download2014-06-08
This inukshuk stands beside the Scott Polar Research Institute side entrance at Madingly Road, Cambridge, UK. It originated in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island), Nunavut in 1964 and it was commissioned by Charles Gimpel, who donated it to the Museum. It comprises approximately...
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.jpg "Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters sign in Yellowknife")
2015-07-08
This sign stands outside the National Defence Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters in Yellowknife NT. The sign has an image of a polar bear, facing left. Overprinted on the image is a map of Canada surrounded by a circle which is bordered in three sections: light blue, dark blue and green,...
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2012-03-10
Headquarters of Joint Task Force North (JTFN/FOIN), part of Canada Command. JTFN is responsible for security of the Canadian Arctic. Photograph taken March 10, 2012
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2011-01-01
View east from Pilots' Monument, Yellowknife, NT, to Jollife Island. In summer the channel in front of the Island is the landing area for float planes. The Monument has a signal light on top that flashes when a float plane is about to land, indicating that boat traffic should move aside....
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Kingfisher and loon painted cut-out figures on exterior wall of the Yellowknife Inn in Yellowknife, NWT
Download2015-07-09
On the corrugated metal exterior wall of the Yellowknife Inn in Yellowknife, facing a parking lot, are painted cut-out figures of birds and berries. Names are given in several languages. These are all part of an urban art project. These two images are of a kingfisher with a fish in it's beak...
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2008-08-04
Kittiwake colony on the cliffs at Diskobukta, SE coast of Edgeoya, Spitzbergen, Norway. August 2008
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2008-08-04
Cliffs at Alkefjellet, west coast of Hinloppenstret, NW Spitzbergen, Norway : colony of 120,000 breeding pairs of kittiwakes. August 2008