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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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- 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: Indigenous peoples, John Franklin, Circumpolar North, Exploration, History
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- Printed document
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- Print 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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- Reserved Access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- 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This collection of 6 layers of geospatial data is a spatial and historical reference tool on the Coppermine expedition headed by British explorer John Franklin between 1819 and 1822.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: Coppermine expedition, Exploration, Geospatial data, John Franklin, Cartography
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- Reserved Access
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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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- Print 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: Indigenous peoples, Primary Sources, Borders, Colonialism, Exploration, Hudson’s Bay Company
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- Reserved Access
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- Reserved Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences