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A.C.R. Grønland : l’univers mystérieux et intime d’un Nord disparu = En personlig og gådefuld verden fra et forsvundet nord = The private and mysterious world of a lost North

A.C.R. Grønland : l’univers mystérieux et intime d’un Nord disparu = En personlig og gådefuld verden fra et forsvundet nord = The private and mysterious world of a lost North

Trilingual album (French, Danish, English) of photographs of a Greenlandic colony at the beginning of the 20th century. (Daniel Chartier, Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, coll. «Imagoborealis», 2009, 48 p. )

Subjects: Greenland, History, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctica : The vanishing North

Arctica : The vanishing North

Illustrated book showing the alarming degradation of the Arctic through a series of spectacular pictures, taken by photographer, journalist and activist Sebastian Copeland. (Sebastian Copeland, Kempen (Allemagne), teNeues, 2015, 302 p.)

Subjects: Arctic fauna, Environmental changes, Landscapes, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Borderline : la vie sur le cercle arctique

Borderline : la vie sur le cercle arctique

Illustrated book on the daily life of residents from eight different countries around the circumpolar Arctic, and captured by London-based photographer Cristian Barnett. French translation of the book “Life on the Line: People of the Arctic Circle”. (Cristian Barnett (photograph) & Huw Lewis-Jones, Paris, Paulsen, 2014, 207 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Inuit, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of Native American Artists

Encyclopedia of Native American Artists

Encyclopedia featuring the work and lives of over 70 Indigenous artists and crafters specializing in sculpture, painting, photography, weaving, basketry, and pottery.

Subjects: Indigenous art, Indigenous artists, Indigenous peoples, Painting, Photographs, Sculpture

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
I am Inuit: Portraits of places and people of the Arctic

I am Inuit: Portraits of places and people of the Arctic

Documentary work by iñupiaq Brian Adams, combining photojournalism with the intimate stories of twenty-one Inuit communities in Alaska. (Brian Adams (photographe) & Julie Decker, Salenstein (Switzerland), Benteli, 2018, 205 p.)

Subjects: Alaska, Customs, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Inuit, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Images du Nord et de l’Arctique

Images du Nord et de l’Arctique

Photographs and postcards of the Université Laval library, representing First Nations and Inuit, settlers, missionaries, explorers and landscapes from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Quebec. Includes photographs of the Judicial Expedition in 1923 at Pond Inlet (Baffin Island), with Captain Bernier.

Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous peoples, Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, Postcards, Missionaries, Northern Quebec, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Labrador. ᓚᐸᑐᐊ.

Labrador. ᓚᐸᑐᐊ.

Trilingual album (French, Inuktitut, English) illustrated with photographs by Bob Mesher, Inuit of Nunavik. (Bob Mesher and Danielle Schaub, Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, coll. «Imagoborealis», 2014, 90 p.)

Subjects: Inuit, Labrador, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Les derniers peuples des glaces

Les derniers peuples des glaces

Magnificent illustrated book portraying the different peoples of the Far North (Dolganes, Nénets, Tchouktches, Yakoutes, Sâmes, Koriaks and Inuits) through their traditional mores and customs. (Francis Latreille et Erik Orsenna, Paris, Gallimard, 2018, 231 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Customs, Indigenous communities, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Objectif Nord : le Québec au-delà du 49e

Objectif Nord : le Québec au-delà du 49e

Illustrated bilingual book (French and English) with pictures showing the beauty and vastness of northern Quebec and texts expressing the love and passion of their authors for this territory. (Serge Bouchard & Jean Désy, Québec, Éditions Sylvain Harvey, 2013, 199 p.)

Subjects: Côte-Nord, Northern Quebec, Nordicity, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
SPRI Picture Library

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

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
The Arctic : Reflecting the landscape, wildlife, and people of the Far North

The Arctic : Reflecting the landscape, wildlife, and people of the Far North

Sven-Olof Lindblad

Illustrated book of the Arctic bringing together never-before-seen photographs of land and sea, rich biodiversity and indigenous peoples of the area, and explores the challenges everyone faces in the face of rapid environmental changes due to the global warming. (Sven-Olof Lindblad, New York, Rizzoli International Publications, 2016, 220 p.)

Subjects: Animals, Environmental changes, Indigenous communities, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The Danish Arctic Institute digital collections

The Danish Arctic Institute digital collections

Four distinct digitized collections available in open access grouped together on the same research platform. There are around 175,000 photographs (fotografier), around fifty old maps (kort), more than 2,000 artefacts (kunst og genstande) as well as 445 audio recordings (lyd). The site is partially translated into English.

Subjects: Artifacts, Greenland, History, Maps, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle

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.)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, Navigation, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Umiujaq. ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ. Regards inuits sur le paysage. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᑕᑯᒡᓇᓂᒡᓇ. Inuit Views on the Landscape

Umiujaq. ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ. Regards inuits sur le paysage. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᑕᑯᒡᓇᓂᒡᓇ. Inuit Views on the Landscape

Fabienne Joliet

Trilingual album (French, Inuktitut, English) of amateur photographs taken in the region of Imiujaq (Nunavik) and addressing the idea of landscape among the Inuit.
(Fabienne Joliet, Montréal, Imaginaire|Nord, coll. «Isberg», 2012, 150 p.)

Subjects: Inuit, Landscapes, Nunavik, Photographs

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
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