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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.)

A history of the Arctic world: the last imaginary territory

Robert McGhee

History of the Arctic, from the postglacial era to the present day, and from Siberia to Baffin Land, where scientific approaches to archeology and anthropology are used. French version of “The last imaginary place: A human history of the Arctic world”. (Robert McGhee, Saint-Laurent, Fides, 2006, 300 p.)

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. )

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.

American Indian History Online

Encyclopedic-style database retracing some 5,000 years of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of America. More than 500 indigenous nations are listed, and the search can be done by nation as well as by geographic region. Includes analytical articles, book excerpts, biographies, historical documents, calendars, timelines, slideshows, maps, tables, videos, photographs, images and links to sites Educational Web.

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.)