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- 31Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- 122015/07/08
- 112015/07/10
- 11Sculpture - Polar Regions
- 62015/07/09
- 134Campbell, Sandy
- 1Bergh, Arne - (Sculptor)
- 1Gimpel, Charles
- 1Ivanova, Semenova Polina
- 1Iyerak, Alain
- 1Johnston, Mike
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2015-07-08
This hair of a 36,500 year old bison was preserved in permafrost and found in 2007 by Shane Van Loon. It is currently on display at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Interpretive signs in the Museum tell us that the hair colour is similar that seen on European cave paintings of...
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2014-06-30
Ernest H. Shackelton wrote The Heart of the Antarctic being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1907. The Shackelton Memorial Library at the Scott Polar Research Institute holds six first edition copies.
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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...
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2015-07-11
We watched this beaver swim all the way to the north side of the lake to a stand of rushes.We were able to come close enough to see that it was eating on a poplar branch rather than the rushes. We could clearly see the beaver using its paws to hold the branch and also to push leaves and bark...
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2025-07-04
This sculpture stands outside the main building of the University of Oulu.
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2005-05-01
This is a traditional Sami woman's cap and shawl from the back. The shawl is usually pinned at the front with and elaborate silver pin. The Sami flag sits on the table in front of the woman.
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2014-07-02
In the yard at the British Antarctic Survey, supplies for expeditions are packed into shipping containers and shipped to the expedition departure point. In this image, tracked snow machines are stored on the top of the shipping containers.
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2015-06-26
Hudson's Bay blankets were used as trade goods during the fur trade. This modern blanket has 31/2 points. Points (black lines on the blanket) indicated the thickness of the blanket. Used by the fur traders, each point denoted a value of 2 beaver pelts. This blanket would have traded for 7...
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2025-07-17
Pea gravel in ice causes differential melting, leaving the surface of the ice pock-marked.
