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2011-09-18

Campbell, Sandy

This polar bear was taken many years ago in the Yukon. The skin is mounted on two layers of red heavy cotton fabric. The skin was acquired by a private collector, located in western Alberta, in about 2000.

2015-07-08

Campbell, Sandy

This polar bear skin rug lies on the floor of the NWT Legislative Assembly Chamber. There is a story that the tour guides tell about it. A man asked the Legislative Assembly to help him because the bear was terrorizing the settlement. The Assembly did not help, so he killed the bear and brought...

2018-06-21

Campbell, Sandy

This side of the obelisk shows a profile relief of a man looking left, with the name Adof Erik Nordenskiöld below. Nordenskiöld of Finnish/Swedish extraction and a Swediash parliamentarian. He was prominent Arctic explorer who made expeditions to Spitzbergen, the Arctic, and led Vega...

2012-05-15

CCI

Polar Impacts Display on language featuring an Olivetti Inuktitut Syllabic (Manual) Typewriter, an excample of bridging western technology and indigenous cultures. Inuit languages were originally oral and had no written language until Inuktitut syllabics were adopted to create a standard writing...

2012-05-15

CCI

In the circumpolar world, language dynamics vary locally according to national circumstances. The language of the Inuit, for example, is spoken in Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. In some places, it is the language of the majority, while in others it is used by a portion of the population....

2012-05-21

CCI

In traditional Inuit culture, a 'qulliq' -- an oil lamp for burning seal blubber -- serves as a light, a stove, and a gathering place. The 'qulliq' displayed in this exhibit is much larger than most and would have accommodated a significant group. The surface of the lamp is encrusted with...

2010-10-05

Maloney, Elaine

Polar Impact was an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Circumpolar Institute. It looks at the changes in the polar and sub-polar regions of the world and it highlights aspects of some of the research carried out by University of Alberta faculty in these unique and...

2010-05-14

CCI

Entry display featured the Electromagnetic 'Bird' used to measure the thickness of the ice using electromagnetic sounding. This technique is usually used on land to map ore or groundwater deposits. Dr. Christian Haas, Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences adapted the technique to create a...

2024-06-08

Campbell, Sandy

This pond is one of several water features in the Arctic and Alpine Botanic Garden (latitude 69.6769° N) in Tromsø, Norway. A small water fall feeds the pond from the higher elevations in the garden. A mallard duck sits on the grass near the centre of the image. This garden is the northernmost...

2000-08-01

Seale, Linda N.

Display marking the celebrations for the creation of Nunavut, April 1 1999, showing the Nunavut flag and an Inuktitut name, Mitimatilik ('the place where Mitiima is buried'). Taken August 2000