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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
- 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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2012-07-01
This aircraft is now housed in the Aviation Hall of the Royal Armed Forces and Military History Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
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Detail of cast iron fence at Muzey istorii gosudarstvennykh bumag Rossii fabriki «Goznak», St. Petersburg, Russia
Download2016-09-14
This long fence runs alongside the back of the museum, Muzey istorii gosudarstvennykh bumag Rossii fabriki «Goznak» in St. Petersburg, Russia. The top of the poles are decorated with black spear-heads, four each on either side of a gold wreath, each spear head sitting on a gold tassel and a...
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2024-06-12
Most of the buildings at the Straumen Farm in Tromsø Municipality, Norway have sod rooves. These rooves have a layer of birch bark which is covered with sod. In this image you can see the birch bark at the bottom of the sod. The sod is alive with moss, lichen, grasses and other plants growing...
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2025-07-04
The Fram was built with a greenheart-reinforced hull. Greenheart is a dense wood. The ship was built to withstand the crush of pack ice. The Fram survived three polar exploration voyages (two Arctic, one Antarctic).
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2015-07-09
This painted wood cut is one of a series of images of wild berries that are mounted on the wall of the Yellowknife Inn. This image shows berries, leaves and stems on a blue background.
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2024-06-11
This art installation is located on the UiT The Arctic University of Norway campus in Tromsø, Norway. From the installation description, "This work consists of 10 lanterns from the cities with the 5 largest airports and the 5 largest container ports in the world, based on 2013 statistics. They...
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2016/0 7/14
This is the third paddle wheeler owned by the same family that has travelled the Chena River. It transports passengers upriver to the Chena Indian Village, where it is docked in this image.
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1965-09-01
Aerial view of float plane landing at Discovery Mine in Giaoque Lake, 80 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, September 1965. The mine operated from 1950 to 1969. The townsite was demolished in 2005.
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2024-08-27
This doll is displayed at the Eastend Historical Museum and Cultural Centre Inc. (EHMCCI) , in Eastend, Saskatchewan. The sign with the doll reads "Norwegian doll. Authentic costume of country."
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2009-08-12
The door handles on the main doors to the Town Hall in Kiruna, Sweden are made to resemble the shaman's drum.