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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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Sir John Franklin - http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/SJFranklin.html
Extensive resources on Franklin, his ill-fated last expedition, and the cultural history of exploration. |
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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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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. |