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Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center - http://pwnhc.ca/
History, oral traditions, archaeological research, and vignettes of life and society of the peoples of the Canadian Arctic. Includes searchable database of photos, sounds, place names, and documents. |
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The Northern Lights Route - http://www.ub.uit.no/northernlights/
The dispersion of European culture from the Norwegian coast to the Barents Sea and the Baltic. |
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Prehistory of Alaska - http://www.nps.gov/akso/akarc/index.htm
History of the people, wildlife, and land of the Tundra, Arctic, coastal, and interior regions of Alaska from the American National Park Service. Includes a bibliography of print resources on the topic. |
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The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center - http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/arctic-studies/
A museum on Arctic explorers Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan. Includes collections on polar exploration gear, natural history specimens, and artifacts and drawings made by Inuit and Indians of North America. |
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Inuit and Englishmen : The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frint01e.shtml
History of the Arctic expedition of Englishman Martin Frobisher, the first contacts between Inuit and Europeans, the search for a Northwest Passage, the first mining venture in Canada, and the earliest English efforts to establish a colony in North America. |
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Arctic Exploration Discovery History Books - http://www.cd-books.com/
Books on CD-ROM by the CD-Academia Book Company. Images, illustrations and timelines of the XIXth Century expeditions to the Arctic. |
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The Big Sickness in Arctic Alaska - 1918 - http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/HistoryCulture/Sickness/sickness.html
Article on Arctic colonization and the introduction of new diseases such as measles, smallpox, and influenza in the early 1900s. |
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Arctic Blue Books - http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/subject/arcticstudies/arcticbb/
Searchable version of Andrew Taylor's unique index to the British Parliamentary Papers relating to Canadian Arctic exploration between 1818-1878. |
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Arctic History - http://www.travelvantage.com/arc_his.html
Includes information about the Paleo-Eskimos, the Dorset period, and the Thule culture. |
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New Bedford Whaling Museum - http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/amwhale/am_arctic.html
Short article on the history of arctic whaling. |