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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.)

Arctic Variety (Arctic Centre. University of Lapland)

This book explores daily life in the Arctic in various professions and regions of Finland, such as tourism, design, economy, navigation, education, healthcare, research and diplomacy. (Marjo Laukkanen & Markku Heikkilä, Rovaniemi (Finland), Arctic Centre. University of Lapland, 100 p.)

Photographic serie: supplying Hudson’s Bay Company posts and patrolling arctic waters (BAnQ)

Photographs taken during the summer of 1944 by the geographer Pierre Dagenais during a long-haul journey towards Labrador with stops at Cartwright, Hebron and Baffin (Cape Dorset) on board the Nascopie, a supply ship for remote posts of the Far North of the Hudson’s Bay Company. These annual excursions under the aegis of the federal government were designed to establish Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic and study related emerging issues. These photographs highlight scenes related to the provision of food and everyday consumer goods to island Inuit communities.

The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle

Sara Wheeler

Travelogue of author and explorer Sara Wheeler on her expedition through the territories belonging to Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and showing the transformations of this once immutable landscape. (Sara Wheeler, London, Jonathan Cape, 2009, 354 p.)