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
- 414Campbell, Sandy
- 176Seale, 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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Moose antlers attached to the ridge pole of a sod roofed cabin at Chena Indian Village, Alaska
Download2016-07-15
This set of moose antlers, often referred to as a "rack of antlers" is mounted on the ridgepole over the entrance to a reconstructed trappers' cabin at the Chena Indian Village near Fairbanks, Alaska. The presence of the palms, sometimes called "pans" or "shovels" on the antler indicates that the...
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2015-07-09
This pair of moose hide slippers are decorated with moose hide tufting and ermine trim. Dyed moose hair bundles are stitched onto a surface, in this case leather, and then trimmed to the desired shape. The design on these slippers is of flowers in red, pink, orange, purple and yellow, with...
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2024-06-12
From the descriptive panel outside the exhibit: "The sealing vessel MS Polstjerna was built in 1949 and was designed to withstand the conditions of the Arctic Ocean. The vessel sailed for 33 hunting seasons and brought home more than 97,000 seals." The vessel sits in a dry-dock, with a glass...
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2018-06-15
This image is part of a triptych called "Firewall" by Swedish artist Carolina Falkholt, painted in 2013. This mural is on the end of a building at Valtakatu 24 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The other parts are in Luleå (Sweden) and Severomorsk (Russia). This mural covers the whole end of the building...
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2016-07-12
The Museum of the North is a striking white building on the upper west side of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, located at 907 Yukon Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, United States. The Museum has a strong teaching and research mandate. The lower level of the Museum houses collections, as...