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Polar Horizons’ newsletter & our most memorable moments for 2012

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Hello all!

The year 2012 is already coming to an end. Boy, did it ever fly by! Through this month’s newsletter, you can relive some of the most memorable moments we’ve had in the last twelve months. Just click on the image below to access the latest issue of the newsletter.

Well! It’s [...]

Welcome to Polar Horizons’ new website

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After several months of work, Polar Horizons’ new website is now online. A big thank you goes to graphic designer Nicole Vallée for the site’s design, as well as to Nicolas Pham-Dinh for the development and implementation work.

You will find several new features:

The boutique which now allows you to order our [...]

Unveiling Polar Horizons’ New Logo

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Polar Horizons gets a makeover! Today we are pleased to unveil our new logo.

So you can see the logo’s evolution, here are those that have been used in the past.

Logo used from 2007 to March 2010

Logo used from 2010 to October 2012

And here is…. the new logo designed by graphic designer [...]

Arctic Wildlife Encounters : a successful presentation in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)

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Last Sunday, in the context of the Arctic Wildlife Encounters photo exhibit, I had the great pleasure of sharing some of the photos and videos I brought back from different trips in the Arctic. Close to forty persons assembled in the café of the Maison de la culture in Pointe-aux-Trembles for the [...]

Arctic Wildlife Encounters : the exhibit is open!

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Hello everyone! Just a quick note to confirm that the Arctic Wildlife encounters photo exhibit is currenly underway at the Maison de la culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles. Here are a few photos taken on Friday during the set up. Thank you Pascal!!

Do not forget to drop by the bird section which is located [...]

Arctic Wildlife Encounters : a new photo exhibit by France Rivet & Robert Gravel

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With less than 1% of Canadians living north of the 60th parallel, these northern lands often remain a mystery and a fascination for the Southerners. Not always easily accessible and often inhospitable, various wildlife species have nevertheless wan their bet to survive and make the most of the Arctic environment.

The [...]

Exposition "Paysages du Grand Nord" à Rivière-des-Prairies

Jeudi dernier, Hélène Girard et moi avons procédé à l’installation de l’exposition Paysages du Grand Nord à la bibliothèque de Rivière-des-Prairies (9001 Boulevard Perras, Montréal).

Last Thursday, Hélène Girard and myself have installed the exhibit Paysages du Grand Nord (Landscapes of the Far North) at the Rivière-des-Prairies public library (9001 Boulevard Perras, Montreal).

Par cette exposition, nous [...]

Air Force Magazine / Magazine des Forces armées

La couverture du numéro du printemps 2010 du Air Force magazine publié par la Air Force Association of Canada met en vedette la peinture intitulée “On Sea Ice” de notre collègue Hélène Girard. Félicitations, Hélène!

The cover of the spring 2010 issue of the Air Force magazine published by the Air Force Association of Canada is [...]

Exposition sur l’Île Somerset rendue à Old Chelsea / Somerset Island Photo Exhibit now in Old Chelsea

L’exposition L’île Somerset : au pays des fantômes blancs continue son périple. Treize des 21 photographies peuvent être vues à la bibliothèque publique de Old Chelsea en Outaouais (100, rue Old Chelsea).

Les heures d’ouverture de la bibliothèque sont :
Lundi : 10h à 17h
Mardi-mercredi-jeudi : 13h30 à 20h
vendredi : 13h30 à 17h
samedi : 10h à [...]

Somerset Island : white ghosts country presentation

Sorry for the short notice! If anyone in the Ottawa area is wondering what to do tonight, Polar Horizons is doing its Somerset Island: white ghosts country presentation at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

Désolé pour le délai si court. Si certaines personnes de la région d’Ottawa ne savent trop quoi faire ce [...]