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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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2001-06-29
\"Low noon\" or midnight sun. 1.00 am June 29 2001, looking north from Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut.
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2015-07-11
Mildred Hall School is on Franklin Ave, close to downtown Yellowknife. The school has basketball courts, which were in use until very late at night, because the midnight sun provides enough light to play.
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2004-01-01
Minke whale in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, January 2004
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2004-01-01
Minke whale surfacing in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, January 2004
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2004-01-01
Minke whale surfacing in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, January 2004
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2012-06-16
This model of the underside of a polar bear's paw was attached to the railing around the polar bear exhibit at the Denver Zoo.
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2014-11-26
Young women model modern beaded clothing creations by Benchik Natalya Vladimirovna, granddaughter of traditional beadworker Semenova Polina Ivanova.
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-20-20Monaco-20Glacier.JPG "Monaco Glacier, Spitzbergen - photograph")
2010-11-12
The Monaco Glacier reaches sea level on the north coast of Spitzbergen, Norway. The fresh water flowing under the glacier mixes with sea water and creates the turbulence visible in the photograph. This brings sea life to the surface and attracts thousands of sea birds to the area. August 2008
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2015-07-09
This monument is near the Legislature in Yellowknife. It commemorates all miners who lost their lives on the job, but particularly the nine who died int he Giant Mine Murders. During a bitter labour dispute, a bomb was place in the Giant Mine. The names of the murder victims are inscribed on...
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2014-07-02
This wooden sculpture stands in the grounds of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Lensfield Road in Cambridge, England. The inscription reads: \" For those who lost their lives in Antarctica in pursuit of science to benefit us all\".