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Close-up images of the Banff Springs snail and its environs
Text: The Banff springs snail lives in several thermal springs on Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park, and nowhere else in the world.
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A Glimpse of the Precarious Existence of the Sublimitable Organism Starring: the Banff Springs Snail and the Cave and Basin Thermal Springs
Conceived and Created by Noel Bégin
With assistance from: Canada Coucil for the Arts, Alberta Foudation for the Arts, EMMEDIA
Text: See these endangered snails for yourself at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site.

A Glimpse of the Precarious Existence of the Sublimatable Organism

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The Banff springs snail lives in several thermal springs on Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park, and nowhere else in the world. See these endangered snails for yourself at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site.

Parks Can Can Canada – Banff Canada Day 2012
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Two Brothers
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Roads – Fort St. James
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The St. Lawrence comes alive!
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Forest Health in Gros Morne and Terra Nova National Parks
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Cliff Jumping Safety
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Dark sky
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Aquatic Health, Banff National Park
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Yoho National Park, Chancellor Peak Campground, 21:15
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Kwisitis Visitor Centre at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
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What’s a Pingo?
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Extraordinary Dog, Extraordinary Job
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Saving Wild Trout
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Birdsong
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Another Chance – Caribou in Banff National Park
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Field Work: Water Sampling in Wapusk National Park
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ParkSPACE: national parks seen from space
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Bar U Ranch: Where Ranching History Comes Alive
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SOS - Butterfly in Distress!
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Studying the Lakes and Ponds of Wapusk National Park
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Field Work: Isostatic Rebound in Wapusk National Park
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Field Work: Measuring Aquatic Vegetation in Wapusk National Park
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Field Work: Analyzing Water from Wapusk National Park
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Discovering discover the Microscopic World of Quttinirpaaq National Park
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Science in the Inuit Homeland of Torngat Mountains National Park
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Field Work: The Challenge of a Weather Station in Ivvavik National Park
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The kANGIDLUASUk Student Program
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Field Work: Permafrost Part 2 – How to Measure it
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Torngat Mountains National Park: an Inuit Homeland
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Field Work: Studying Insects in Ivvavik National Park
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Working in Arctic National Parks
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Field Work: Ecotype Mapping, Part 1 – Ecological Descriptions
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Field Work: Ecotype Mapping, Part 2 – Ecological Processes
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Field Work: Exercise in the Great Outdoors
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Field Work: Permafrost, Part 1 – Getting There
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What’s That Smell? – Wild Images from Banff National Park
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A Bison Homecoming: The Elk Island National Park plains bison transfer to American Prairie Reserve
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Field Work at Parks Canada
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Field Work: Meet a Parks Canada Ecologist
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Fire in the Forests - Part 2
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Fire in the Forests - Part 3
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Fire in the Forests - Part 4
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Fire in the Forests - Part 5
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Dances With Wolverine
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Town Elk – Banff National Park
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Prince Edward Island National Park: Past and Present
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Fire in the Forests - Part 1
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Dog Sled Mail Run In Glacier National Park
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Digging Up the Dirt on Dunes: Adventures of a Parks Canada Student
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Dogs Off Leash at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
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Shorebirds at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
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Bear Spray
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Student Employment at Prince Edward Island National Park
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Nahanni National Park Reserve 2011
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Wood Buffalo National Park 2011
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Rip Currents – The Hidden Danger, on backdrop of stormy seas
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Woodland caribou
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Sherman Downey's Top 10 Things to do in Gros Morne National Park
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G bear and B bear
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Restoring to Zero
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Wood Bison – Elk Island National Park
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Blue
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Fundy Researchers Revealed
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Wapusk Leadership Camp
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Climbing Mount Tupper by Rob Buchanan
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Bear Guardians
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A Wild Year – Banff National Park
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West Coast Trail: Hike of a Lifetime
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Is West Coast Trail For You?
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Hiking Smart: Packing for the West Coast Trail
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Planning your hike on the West Coast Trail
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Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Park Highway Avalanche Control
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Sir Donald – Buffalo Snow Carving
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Mosquitoes! - Wapusk Leadership Camp
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Walking in our Ancestors’ Footsteps
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Banff National Park - Be Bear Aware
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Bear Intervention - Banff National Park
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Riding Mountain National Park - Timeless, captivating, and inspiring.
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A Glimpse of the Precarious Existence of the Sublimatable Organism
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Climber Rescued on Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park
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Species at Risk at Parks Canada – Making a difference today – Giving tomorrow a chance
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Trail Tuesday – Banff National Park
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On Quiet Pond – Banff National Park
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Banff National Park – Yo Bear!
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Prince Albert National Park - Two Great Trails
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Hotspring Sleuth - Banff National Park
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The St. Lawrence Estuary, Beyond the Surface
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First Wild-Born Black-Footed Ferrets in Grasslands National Park
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Parks Can Can Canada
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A Taste of Banff National Park
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Bison of Prince Albert National Park
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Banff National Park - Antlers
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Gulf Islands National Park Reserve – Saturna Island
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Banff National Park - Horns
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Week of May
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Banff National Park - Regeneration
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Burgess Shale Interpretive Hike
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Canoeing in Quttinirpaaq National Park
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Waskesiu River

Waskesiu River
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Kouchibouguac National Park - American Eel
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Nahanni National Park - Management Planning Video
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Health of the Estuaries Kouchibouguac National Park
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Gulf Islands National Park Reserve – Russell Island
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Riding Mountain
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Banff National Park White-tailed Deer Folk Song
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Banff National Park - Mule Deer Rap
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Grey Owl’s Cabin
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Gros Morne
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Nahanni
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Parks Canada Fall Seasonal Video 1
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Banff National Park of Canada
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Jasper
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Pacific Rim
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Wapusk
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Wild Images
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