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Atlas climatiques des glaces sur 30 ans

Atlas climatiques des glaces sur 30 ans

Atlas produced by the Canadian Ice Service, which provides the location of ice during the ice season, its coverage, thickness, and variability, for the period from 1981 to 2010. Features three volumes, including one on Northern Canadian waters and another on the East Coast.

Subjects: Atlas, Canadian arctic, Ice, Maps, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Atlas des pôles : régions polaires : questions sur un avenir incertain

Atlas des pôles : régions polaires : questions sur un avenir incertain

Atlas published by Éditions Autrement presenting the physical and natural environment, First Nations, and environmental, climatic, and geopolitical issues associated with the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Subjects: Alaska, Climate change, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples

Autochtonia

Autochtonia

Articles, books, briefs, theses, and research reports on the Indigenous peoples of Quebec (in French only). Some publications are freely available.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Bassins hydrographiques du Québec à l’échelle 1/250000 (Géoindex)

Bassins hydrographiques du Québec à l’échelle 1/250000 (Géoindex)

A collection of 7 layers of geospatial data showing Quebec’s watersheds.

Subjects: Cartography, Geospatial data, Watershed area, Watersheds, Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Brave new Arctic : The untold story of the melting North

Brave new Arctic : The untold story of the melting North

Scientific adventures by Arctic geographer and climatologist Mark C. Serreze demonstrating that the transformation of the Arctic is the harbinger of the global warming and its unprecedented consequences. (Mark C. Serreze, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2018, 255 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Geobotany

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Cadre écologique de référence du Québec (CERQ) (Géoindex)

Cadre écologique de référence du Québec (CERQ) (Géoindex)

A collection of 4 layers of geospatial data showing ecological classification of the land and allowing users to assess its potential and constraints, and the fragility of its ecosystems.

Subjects: Cartography, Ecological classification, Geospatial data, Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Publications Database (ASTIS)

Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Publications Database (ASTIS)

Citations or full text of 4,800 documents on polar exploration and research carried out as part of International Polar Year, which date back to 1882.

Subjects: Hydrology, Northern Canada, Oceanography

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Canadian Nordicity: it is your north, too

Canadian Nordicity: it is your north, too

A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of “the North” (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. English translation of Nordicité canadienne. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montreal : Harvest House, 1979.)

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Canadian Permafrost Conferences (ASTIS)

Canadian Permafrost Conferences (ASTIS)

Contains over 250 conference proceedings records from the six Canadian Permafrost Conferences.

Subjects: Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Permafrost

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Natural Sciences
Cartes du Nord (Gouvernement du Canada)

Cartes du Nord (Gouvernement du Canada)

Selection of Natural Resources Canada maps on coastal areas, ice, snow, permafrost, and more.

Subjects: Maps, Northern Canada, Natural Resources

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Cold Regions Bibliography Project

Cold Regions Bibliography Project

References to studies on human activity and scientific operations in cold environments.

Subjects: Earth sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Physical sciences

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Natural Sciences
Couche de la végétation du Nord québécois (Géoindex)

Couche de la végétation du Nord québécois (Géoindex)

A collection of 2 layers of geospatial data illustrating settlements and logging roads between the 53rd and 55th parallels.

Subjects: Forest stands, Forestry roads, Geospatial data, Northern Quebec, Vegetation

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Couche des composantes d’utilisation géographique régionale (BGR) – 2015 (Géoindex)

Couche des composantes d’utilisation géographique régionale (BGR) – 2015 (Géoindex)

A collection of 24 layers that show the position and type of elements that make up Quebec’s regional geographic base, including energy facilities, ATV trails, snowshoe trails, wind turbines, etc.

Subjects: Energy equipment, Geospatial data, Regional geographic basis, Wind energy equipment, Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Critical norths : space, nature, theory

Critical norths : space, nature, theory

Collection of essays about the North from a colonial, environmental, climate, and political perspective. (Sarah Jaquette Ray et Kevin Maier, Fairbanks, University of Alaska Press, 2017, 336 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Indigenous peoples, Northern studies, Nordicity

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Curio.ca (Radio-Canada)

Curio.ca (Radio-Canada)

Documentaries, television and radio programs, podcasts, etc., produced by the CBC, many of which deal with Aboriginal realities, as well as the northern world.

Subjects: Animals, Reports, Inuit, Indigenous youth, Indigenous women, Indigenous peoples, Indian residential schools, Documentaries, Climate change, CBC, Arctic Ocean

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Engineering and Technology
Current Daily Ice Analysis (U.S. National Ice Center)

Current Daily Ice Analysis (U.S. National Ice Center)

Geospatial data on ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Geospatial data, Ice, Pack ice

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Données bathymétriques du NGCC Amundsen 2003-2014 (Géoindex)

Données bathymétriques du NGCC Amundsen 2003-2014 (Géoindex)

Layer representing bathymetry data collected by the CCGS Amundsen and other scientific vessels between 2003 and 2014. Each tile covers 30 minutes longitude by 15 minutes latitude.

Subjects: Bathymetric data, Bathymetry, Canadian arctic, Geospatial data, NGCC Amundsen

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Données Québec – Environnement, ressources naturelles et énergie (Gouvernement du Québec)

Données Québec – Environnement, ressources naturelles et énergie (Gouvernement du Québec)

Selection of geospatial data from Quebec’s Department of Energy and Natural Resources.

Subjects: Cartography, Energy, Geospatial data, Quebec, Natural Resources

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Natural Sciences
EASI : earth and space index search

EASI : earth and space index search

Database featuring publications (journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and videos) by the American Geophysical Union, from 1900 to today. Content relevant to northern and Arctic studies with regard to geoscience, marine science, and atmospheric science.

Subjects: Atmospheric sciences, Earth sciences, Oceanography

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Natural Sciences
Encyclopedia of snow, ice and glaciers

Encyclopedia of snow, ice and glaciers

An encyclopedia with a focus on the formation of snow and the transformation of snow to ice, as well as the classification of ice and glaciers, hydrology and sedimentary systems, permafrost, and the impact of climate change.

Subjects: Climate change, Hydrology, Ice, Snow, Permafrost

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences