This section identifies events which are related to the polar regions and to the culture of the nordic populations that will be held in the current month.
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April 2012 |
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Canada (Quebec)
Gatineau |
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April 29, 2012 |
The Canadian museum of civilizations presents the exhibit Expedition : Arctic allowing us to walk in the boots of the scientists, explorers, Inuit guides and the many others who took part in the historic 1913-1918 Arctic expedition. The exhibition revives the goals, human drama and achievements of the Expedition, exploring its impacts on the local people and landscape of Canada’s Far North. Ultimately, it redrew the map of the Arctic and expanded our understanding of its environment and cultures.
Canadian Museum of Civilizations
100, Laurier St
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Canada (Quebec)
Montreal |
April 22-27 |
Occurring at a pivotal time for the environment of our planet, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference - From Knowledge to Action draws international attention to the Polar Regions, global change, and related environmental, social and economic issues. The conference will bring together over 2,000 Arctic and Antarctic researchers, policy- and decision-makers, and a broad range of interested parties from academia, industry, non-government, education and circumpolar communities including indigenous peoples. The IPY 2012 Conference will contribute to the translation of new polar scientific findings into an evidence-based agenda for action that will influence global decisions, policies and outcomes over the coming years.
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Canada (Quebec)
Montreal |
until Sept 3 |
Inuit Modern traces the transformation of 20th-century Inuit art and features more than 175 works by 75 artists, including sculptures, prints and drawings. The exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario features Esther and Samuel Sarick collection, one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Inuit art.
McCord Museum
690 Sherbrooke Street West
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Canada (Manitoba)
Winnipeg |
Until
April 8 |
The New Art from Cape Dorset exhibition features drawings and sculptures created by second- and third-generation Cape Dorset artists in recent years. l
Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard
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Canada
(Yukon)
Whitehorse |
Opening
reception :
April 11 |
In 2011, the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa celebrated the 100th anniversary of polar explorer Roald Amundsen’s journey to the South Pole by launching the exhibition "Cold Recall - Roald Amundsen’s reflections from the Northwest Passage" in Canada. The exhibition, presented in cooperation with the Fram Museum in Oslo, continues its travel in 2012.
MacBride Museum
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United States
New York |
April 18 to 26 |
The Film Society Lincoln Center presents a series of 18 Icelandic films entitled "Images from the Edge: Classic and contemporary Icelandic Cinema".
Lincoln Center |
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France
Bron |
until July 6 |
Du Nunavik à l'Amazonie, le pouvoir de l'invisible: regards croisés sur la folie(from Nunavik to the Amazon, the power of the invisible: different perspectives on madness). Exhibit by Laure Gruel (research and texts) and Stéphane Moiroux (photographs) who lived from 2 to 3 months among four nations (Inuit, Sioux-Lakota, Maya, Shipibo) in order to ask about their approaches, visions and also to gather their questions about what the western world considers to be madness.
Ferme du Vinatier
95 boulevard Pinel
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Great Britain
Cambridge
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until May 5 |
The exhibit These rough notes: Capt. Scott's last expedition presents papers from the British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition (1910–13) held in the Polar Museum's archive collection, much of which has never been on public display before.
Polar Museum - Scott Polar Research Institute
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