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A history of the Arctic : nature, exploration and exploitation
A history of the Arctic, from prehistoric times to the present, including an examination of Indigenous Peoples, polar exploration, political and environmental issues, and climate change. (John McCannon, London : Reaktion Books, 2012, 349 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples
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- Printed document
- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
America: History & Life
Main private database (EBSCO) devoted to the history of Canada and the United States, with over 1,700 indexed journals. Significant content on the history of Indigenous Peoples, colonization, and exploration of the North. Features controlled vocabulary, via its index, that includes geographic terms.
Subjects: Colonization, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada
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- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Database containing over 1.3 million references to journal articles and other research documents dealing with the Earth’s polar regions, some of them dating back to the 1800s. The main scientific database on the North and the Arctic produced by a private company (EBSCO). Features a controlled vocabulary in polar studies (available via the index) and offers content in natural sciences, engineering and technology, health, and humanities and social sciences.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Exploration, Indigenous peoples, Oceanography
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- Reserved Access
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- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915 : an encyclopedia
Encyclopedia covering over 2,000 expeditions that took place in the Arctic over a period of nearly 2,000 years, as well as information on some of the key explorers of this territory.
Subjects: Discovery, Exploration, Indigenous peoples
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- Printed document
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctic labyrinth : The quest for the Northwest Passage
Documentary work describing the many attempts of maritime expeditions to discover a passage leading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (Glyndwr Williams, Toronto, Viking Canada, 2009, 440 p.)
Subjects: Exploration, History, John Franklin, Navigation, Northwest Passage
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- Printed document
- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctique, l’histoire secrète : de Pythéas à Poutine, une lutte de 2500 ans
History of the conquest of the Arctic, from the first explorers to the present day. (Dominique Le Brun Paris, Omnibus, 2018, 662 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Exploration
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- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program
Archival collection on polar exploration and research developed by Ohio State University. Include virtual exhibitions.
Subjects: Exploration, Primary Sources
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- Free - Open Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Dead reckoning : the untold story of the Northwest passage
Documentary work on the discovery and exploration of the Arctic, from the 16th century to the present day, and emphasizing the little-known characters, including several natives, who took part in the expeditions. (Ken McGoogan, Toronto, HarperCollins Canada, 2017, 438 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples, John Franklin
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- Printed document
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- Humanities and Social 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
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
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- 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
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- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Finding Franklin : The untold story of a 165-year search
Account of the many research projects that have tried to unravel the mystery of the greatest enigma in the history of polar exploration, the Franklin’s lost expedition. (Russell A. Potter, Montréal, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 262 p.)
Subjects: Exploration, John Franklin
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- Printed document
- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Printed books, government, legal and commercial documents, newspapers and magazines, maps, photographs, etc., dealing with the theme of the borderlands and colonization during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes 18 archival collections from the United States and Canada, including the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (Archives of Manitoba) and thematic guides on First Nations, exploration, expeditions and travel.
Subjects: Borders, Colonialism, Exploration, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indigenous peoples, Primary Sources
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- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical atlas of the Arctic
An atlas presenting five centuries of polar exploration and mapping, from the first-ever print map of the region (Mercator, 1595) to contemporary mapping of the ocean depths using multibeam bathymetry.
Subjects: Atlas, Cartography, Discovery, Exploration, History
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- Printed document
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- Humanities and Social 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
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- Free - Open Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
L’appel de l’Arctique
In this travelogue with a preface by Jean Malaurie, Jean-Marc Huguet, Doctor of Education, travels through the territories of the Great North, the lands of Ellesmere, Baffin, Greenland and Svalbard, regions that compel the traveller to cast his gaze far and wide. (Jean-Marc Huguet, Paris, Harmattan, 2010, 167 p.)
Subjects: Culture, Exploration
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Le(s) Nord(s) imaginaire(s)
A collection of essays offering an international perspective on the idea of the North in literature and the arts. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal : Imaginaire/Nord, 2008, 335 p.)
Subjects: Arts, Discovery, Exploration, Imaginary North, Literature
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Narrative of a voyage to Hudson’s Bay in His Majesty’s ship Rosamond containing some account of the north-eastern coast of America and of the tribes inhabiting that remote region
An account of British Lieutenant Edward Chappell’s journey to Hudson Bay, published in 1817 and containing maps and illustrations. (Edward Chappell, London, J. Mawman, 1817, 279 p.)
Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, History, Hudson Bay
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- Free - Open Access
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Photographs: Antarctica and expeditions of various explorers (BAnQ)
These photographs, which range from 1913 to 1941 and each of which is accompanied by a typed card describing the circumstances surrounding its creation, relate to the Antarctic frenzy that swept the world at the turn of the 20th century. Several photographs show the American expedition led by the United States Antarctic Service and coordinated by Admiral Richard E. Byrd during World War II. It includes photographs of Robert Falcon Scott’s 1910-1913 Southern Expedition, which was carried out for the purposes of scientific research and geographic explorations of the South Pole.
Subjects: Environmental changes, Environmental sciences, Exploration, Geosciences, Pack ice, Sea ice, South Pole
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- Free - Open Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Polar circus : les explorations polaires à la française
Non-fiction book on the history of the exploration of the circumpolar north by France, between the 17th and 20th centuries. (Stéphane Dugast, Paris, Éditions du Trésor, 2019, 233 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, French expeditions, History
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- Printed document
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
SPRI Picture Library
One of the largest historical and contemporary photographic libraries related to Arctic and Antarctic exploration, housed by the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). Of particular interest is the Picture Library catalog, which gives access to more than 20,000 photographs of British expeditions carried out between 1845 and 1960.
Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, Photographs, Scott Polar Research Institute
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- Free - Open Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences