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Encyclopedia of the Arctic
A three-volume set of essays on the Arctic’s environment, climate, peoples, ecology, wildlife, history, economics, and politics.
Subjects: Animals, Climate change, Ecology, Economy, Environment, History, Indigenous peoples, Politics
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory (BAnQ)
Originally published in 1894 as a part of the eleventh annual report of the Smithsonian Institution, this reissue of Lucien M. Turner’s classic book chronicles his observations of Indigenous culture on his journey along the Quebec-Labrador coast and during his stay in Fort-Chimo towards the end of the 19th century.
Subjects: Culture, Exploration, Innu, Innu-aitun, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Expédition Coppermine (1819-1822) (Géoindex)
This collection of 6 layers of geospatial data is a spatial and historical reference tool on the Coppermine expedition headed by British explorer John Franklin between 1819 and 1822. An educational and research tool for the polar regions.
Subjects: Exploration, John Franklin, Geospatial data, Cartography, Coppermine expedition
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N (BAnQ)
Three volumes of the scientific work Fauna Boreali-Americana, written by John Richardson with contributions from William Swainson and Reverend William Kriby. John Richardson participated in Sir John Franklin’s first two Arctic expeditions as a physician and naturalist. Published between 1829 and 1837, each of these three volumes is dedicated to a specific animal species: insects, birds and quadrupeds. This work is an interesting example of Predarwinian natural history, containing detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behavior of different species. Descriptions of species sometimes include details about their interactions with humans.
Subjects: Animals, Arctic fauna, Canadian arctic
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Floating coast : An environmental history of the Bering Strait
Documentary work on the history of peoples, animal species and environmental changes specific to the Bering Strait. The author notably explores the impact of the economy and the exploitation of natural resources on the delicate balance of this remote area. (Bathsheba Demuth, New York, Norton & Company, 2019, 416 p.)
Subjects: Bering Strait, Environmental changes, History, Politics, Natural Resources
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Porsild’s Illustrated Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1957, 1964) has been the authority for vascular plants of Canada’s Arctic islands for more than 40 years, during which time there has been considerable research on Arctic vascular plants. The present document summarizes the post-1957 literature, the information resulting from the Panarctic Flora project (Nordal and Razzhivin 1999, Elven et al. 2003), and the current nomenclature for Arctic flora included in Flora of North America.
Subjects: Arctic flora, Plant morphology, Plants
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Natural Sciences
Frontier Production Statistics (National Energy Boards)
Oil and gas production data from companies exploiting deposits located in areas regulated by the National Energy Board. The report lists monthly hydrocarbon and water production volumes for each deposit.
Subjects: Energy, Gas production, Northern Canada, Oil production
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
GEOBASE
Database featuring over 3 million references to journal articles and geoscience conference proceedings, including those in the fields of geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, oceanography, and nature conservation. Boasts a rich controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic. Also includes significant content on Indigenous studies.
Subjects: Conservation, Earth sciences, Ecology, Environmental sciences, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Géogratis – Index des produits géospatiaux
Access to the most common federal geospatial data for Canada, including the Arctic.
Subjects: Canada, Geospatial data
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
GéoInfo – Territoire nordique (Gouvernement du Québec)
Compilation of data on Northern Quebec, some of which is freely accessible.
Subjects: Cartography, Geospatial data, Northern Quebec
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
GeoRef
Database produced by the American Geosciences Institute, with over 3.6 million references to journal articles and conference proceedings on geoscience, including geology, stratigraphy, petrology, and hydrology. GeoRef boasts a controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Geology, Hydrology, Petrology
GEOSCAN
Database of the scientific publications of Natural Resources Canada containing 85,000 references related to the fields of geoscience (including publications by the Geological Survey of Canada), mining, materials, and energy. Some publications are freely available.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Energy, Engineering, Geology, Mining
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Natural Sciences
Google Scholar
A bibliographic search engine that indexes a considerable proportion of scientific publications made available in digital format by academic publishers, scholarly societies, and universities, including journal articles, reports, theses, e-books, and others. Full text (not just metadata) can be searched. Provides links to free-access content.
Subjects:
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
High North Research Documents
Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.
Subjects: Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Hunter with Harpoon (BAnQ)
Published fifty years ago under the title Harpoon of the Hunter, Markoosie Patsauq’s novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new English translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a perilous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Patsauq describes a life in the Canadian Arctic as one that is reliant on cooperation and vigilance.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Hydrocarbon Impacts (ASTIS)
Contains references for 9,000 publications on the environmental impacts, socio-economic effects, and regulation of hydrocarbon exploration, development, and transportation in northern Canada.
Subjects: Environmental sciences, Gas, Hydrocarbons, Oil, Regulation
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: expeditions in the arctic archipelago (BAnQ)
Dating from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, these illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals shed light on the wave of expeditions devoted to reaching the northern summit with a view to claiming sovereignty over the North Pole. There are old engravings of the ship Fram on which the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen made the first transpolar drift, an image illustrating the departure of Captain J. E. Bernier during his Canadian boreal expedition, etc.
Subjects: Arctic archipelago, Arctic Ocean, Canadian arctic, Exploration
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: Inuit mores and customs (BAnQ)
19th century documentary iconography corpus. These images, taken from Quebec magazines: L’Opinion publique (1870-1883), Monde Illustré (1884-1902,1907) and L’Album Univers (1902-1907), paint a picture of the cultural and social life of the Inuit in a time when photographs were uncommon.
Subjects: Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Inuit, Villages
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean
Maps and bathymetric geospatial data of the Arctic north of the 64th parallel.
Subjects: Bathymetry, Maps
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Natural Sciences
Internet Archive
Archives of feature-length, educational, and amateur films as well as news reports about the Arctic.
Subjects: Documentaries, Films, Television Archives, Reports, Videos
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences