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Antarctic oasis : under the spell of South Georgia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20140
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Carr, Pauline
- Carr, Tim
- Publisher
- London ; W.W. Norton & Company
- Call Number
- G370-480 C37 A58
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- Author
- Carr, Pauline
- Carr, Tim
- Responsibility
- Tim and Pauline Carr
- Publisher
- London ; W.W. Norton & Company
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : illustrations ; maps
- Subjects
- Antarctic Regions
- Sailing
- Boating
- Travel
- Abstract
- An account of one couple's life on a remote island beyond the Polar Front, a tale to rival the exploits of the great nineteenth-century explorers. After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned blue-water sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves being drawn to the lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last, scarcely touched regions. Antarctic Oasis records the culmination of those exploits. True adventurers, the Carrs have lived year-round on South Georgia for five years its only civilian inhabitants experiencing a way of life that has all but vanished from our modern world. A center of the Norwegian whaling industry in the last century, today a remnant of the far-flung British Empire, South Georgia is a splendid if forbidding land of towering, glacier-clad mountains and a treacherous, storm-torn coast punctuated by sheltered bays. During its brief polar summer, the island's verdant shoreline offers Antarctic wildlife a place to feed, mate, and rear their young. The only humans on the scene, the Carrs have learned intimate details about the lives of whales, penguins, seals, albatrosses, skuas, and many others. In all seasons the Carrs explore South Georgia's uncompromising coast aboard their yacht Curlew. Their deep fascination with the island, its wildlife, and its history will stir the spirit of adventure and discovery in us all. (from Abe Books)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Chapter I - Ultimate Landfall
- Chapter II - Antarctic Outpost
- Chapter III - Nine to Five
- Chapter IV - Green Antarctic
- Chapter V - Kindred Souls
- Chapter VI - Shackleton's Shadow
- Chapter VII - The Rough with the Smooth
- Chapter VIII - Albatross
- Chapter IX - Elephantastic
- Chapter X - The Mountaineering Dimension
- Chapter XI - Just Talking to the Birds
- Chapter XII - The Wild Side
- Chapter XIII - A Shimmer of Ice
- Chapter XIV - A Clean Pair of Heels
- Index
- Notes
- Ephemra of Margaret Gmoser pertaining to trip removed from book and added to AC637 box of archival materials
- Signed by the eleven participants of the September 17-19, 2004 Shackleton Crossing trip
- Signed by the authors with greetings addressed to Margaret Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0393046052
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G370-480 C37 A58
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Link to publication on Abe Books
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Calgary's mountain panorama
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11944
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1990
- Author
- Birrell, Dave
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- R 02.01 B53
- Author
- Birrell, Dave
- Responsibility
- text by Dave Birrell; artwork by Ron Ellis
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- c1990
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Fire lookouts
- Mines
- Quarries
- Travel
- World War I
- Notes
- Fold out panorama attached to back cover. Index of peaks at end
- ISBN
- 0921102127
- Accession Number
- 5935
- Call Number
- R 02.01 B53
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Exploring the southern Selkirks: including the Valhallas and Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25090
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Carter, John
- Leighton, Doug
- Publisher
- Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre
- Call Number
- 02.6 C24e
- Author
- Carter, John
- Leighton, Doug
- Responsibility
- John Carter
- Doug Leighton
- Publisher
- Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 119 pages: illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- Guidebook for exploring the Southern Selkirk mountains, including photographs, maps and trail descriptions
- Contents
- Preface Introduction The Land The Plant Communities Mammals Birds Fish Man in the Southern Selkirks Winter Activities Wilderness Ethics Trail Descriptions: Kokanee Region Valhalla Region Lardeau Region Bonnington Region The Valhalla Park Proposal Equipment Checklist Information Sources and Resource Agencies Reading List
- ISBN
- 0888942737
- Accession Number
- 2018.9003
- Call Number
- 02.6 C24e
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Imperial eyes : travel writing and transculturation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1313
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Pratt, Mary Louise
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge
- Call Number
- 08 P88i
- Author
- Pratt, Mary Louise
- Responsibility
- Mary Louise Pratt
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- xii, 257 pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Pertains to travel writing and European expansion beginning in 1750 with focus on South America and Africa
- Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Criticism in the contact zone -- Science and sentiment, 1750-1800 -- Science, planetary, consciousness, interiors -- Narrating the anti-conquest -- Anti-conquest II: the mystique of reciprocity -- Eros and abolition -- The reinvention of America, 1800-50 -- Alexander von Humboldt and the reinvention of America -- Reinvention America II: the capitalist vanguard and the exploratrices sociales -- Reinventing America/reinventing Europe: Creole self-fashioning -- Imperial stylistics, 1860-1980 -- From the Victoria Nyanza to the Sheraton San Salvador.
- ISBN
- 0-415-06095-8 pbk
- Accession Number
- 2019.01
- Call Number
- 08 P88i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Quest for adventure
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Bonington
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 448 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color)
- Subjects
- Travel
- History
- Sailing
- Mountaineering
- Hiking
- Abstract
- Pertains to the travels of Thor Heyerdahl, John Ridgeway, Chay Blyth, John Fairfax, Sylvia Cook, Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnston, David Lewis, Wilfred Thesiger, John Blashford-Snell, Mike Jones, Maurice Herzog, John Hunt, Herbert Tichy, Walter Bonatti, Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner, Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary, Wally Herbert, Naomie Uemura, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Neil Armstrong, Geoff Yeadon, Oliver Statham
- Contents
- Introduction
- Oceans:
- 1) Kon-tiki
- 2) Rowing the Atlantic
- 3) Across Two Oceans
- 4) The Man Who Raced Himself
- 5) Golden Globe
- 6) Ice Bird
- Deserts:
- 7) The Empty Quarter
- Rivers:
- 8) The Blue Nile
- Mountains:
- 9) Annapurna, the First 1800
- 10) The Challenge of Everest
- 11) Cho Oyu
- 12) The Bonatti Pillar
- 13) Board Peak
- 14) Annapurna, South Face
- 15) Diamir - Messner on Nanga Parbat
- The Poles:
- 16) The Crossing of Antarctica
- 17) The Last Great Polar Journey
- 18) Solo to the Pole
- Air:
- 19) Double Eagle
- Space:
- 20) First on the Moon
- Beneath the Earth:
- 21) Dead Man's Handshake
- Facets of Adventure
- A Chronology of Adventure since 1945
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Notes
- Addressed to Hans Gmoser from Philippe Delesalle - dated 1983
- ISBN
- 0517546965
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The road west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19944
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Author
- Elkington, Peter W.
- Publisher
- Revelstroke, B.C. : Peter's Press
- Call Number
- 08.1 El5t
- Author
- Elkington, Peter W.
- Responsibility
- Peter W. Elkington
- Publisher
- Revelstroke, B.C. : Peter's Press
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- vi, 172 p. : maps ; 19 cm.
- Subjects
- Biography
- Western Canada
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to the travelers and places Peter W. Elkington came across during his personal travels west. He captures an authentic humanity in each story, sharing hardships and hope. He writes of each traveler’s individual life, pain and successes. Elkington invites the reader to find ourselves in his stories, and reflect on the journeys we so often find ourselves on.
- Contents
- Preface (pg. III)
- Prologue (pg. IV)
- Chapter 1: The Pilgrim (pg. 1)
- Chapter 2: The Trader (pg. 11)
- Chapter 3: The Goldseeker (pg. 19)
- Chapter 4: The Golden Mountain (pg. 33)
- Chapter 5: The Prospectors (pg. 41)
- Chapter 6: The Railroad (pg. 49)
- Chaoter 7: Sligh and Friends (pg. 59)
- Chapter 8: Black bear (pg. 69)
- Chapter 9: The priest (pg. 77)
- Chapter 10: George (pg. 87)
- Chapter 11: The Immigrants (pg. 95)
- Chapter 12: The RCMP (pg. 105)
- Chapter 13: Emily (pg. 113)
- Chapter 14: The Explorer (pg. 127)
- Chapter 15: Alfred Mason (pg. 137)
- Chapter 16: Amy (pg. 149)
- Chapter 17: Willie (pg. 157)
- Chapter 18: Peter (pg. 165)
- Epilogue (pg. 168)
- Notes
- The front inside page of the book has been annotated by the author and reads, "Peter W. Elkington"
- ISBN
- 0969994427
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.1 El5t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Sitting in the club car and drinking rum and karma-kola
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3023
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Jiles, Paulette
- Publisher
- Winlaw (B.C.) : Polestar Press
- Call Number
- 05.2 J56
- Author
- Jiles, Paulette
- Publisher
- Winlaw (B.C.) : Polestar Press
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 105p. : plan
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Travel
- Notes
- Plan of CPR dome car, p. 3
- ISBN
- 0-919591-13-2
- Accession Number
- 6964
- Call Number
- 05.2 J56
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- Archives Library
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Sketches of Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue767
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 I
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Published Date
- 1836
- Physical Description
- 244 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Subjects
- Travel
- Switzerland
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Sketches of Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14949
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 II
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Published Date
- 1836
- Physical Description
- 226 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Subjects
- Travel
- Switzerland
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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To the town that bears your name : a young woman's journey to Nordegg in 1912
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11041
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Nordegg, Martin
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Brightest Pebble
- Call Number
- 08.2 N75t
- Author
- Nordegg, Martin
- Responsibility
- translated by Maria Koch
- commentary by W, John Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Brightest Pebble
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 112p. : ill., ports., facsim., maps
- Subjects
- Nordegg, Marcelle
- Travel
- ISBN
- 0-9699669-1-1
- Accession Number
- 30000
- Call Number
- 08.2 N75t
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- Archives Library
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Where mountains live : twelve great treks of the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20156
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Le Bon, Leo
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Call Number
- G504 W44 L43
- Author
- Le Bon, Leo
- Responsibility
- Leo Le Bon
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 144 pages : color illustrations
- Abstract
- Pertains to trekking in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Tanzania with many photographs and expedition planners for each geographical area.
- Contents
- Foreward by Sir Edmund Hillary
- Introduction
- China:
- Chapter One - The Karakoram Trek to K2
- Chapter Two - Everest: The Kangshung Trek
- Chapter Three - The Minya Konka Trek
- Trekking in China - Expedition Planners
- Bhutan:
- Chapter Four - The Chomolhari Trek
- The Chomolhari Trek - Expedition Planner
- Nepal:
- Chapter Five - Around Annapurna
- Chapter Six - The Kanjiroba Trek
- Trekking in Nepal - Expedition Planners
- India:
- Chapter Seven - The Trans-Himalaya Trek
- Chapter Eight - From Kishtwar to Zanskar
- Trekking in India - Expedition Planners
- Peru:
- Chapter Nine - The Cordillera Blanca Traverse
- Chapter Ten - The Inca Highlands Trail
- Trekking in Peru - Expedition Planners
- Chile and Argentina:
- Chapter Eleven - Trekking in Patagonia
- Trekking in Patagonia - Expedition Planner
- Tanzania:
- Chapter Twelve - The Kilimanjaro Trek
- The Kilimanjaro Trek - Expedition Planner
- Photography Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0893812420
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G504 W44 L43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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