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Adventures of an alpine guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26177
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1932
Author
Klucker, Christian
Publisher
London : John Murray
Edition
1st (English)
Call Number
01.2 K71a
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Author
Klucker, Christian
Responsibility
Translation by Erwin and Pleasaunce Von Gaisberg. Edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale
Edition
1st (English)
Publisher
London : John Murray
Published Date
1932
Physical Description
329 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guide
Klucker, Christian
Alps
Whymper, Edward
Canadian Rockies
Mont Blanc
Mountaineering
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 K71a
Collection
Archives Library
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26164
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Edition
2nd edition
Call Number
03 T89t
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Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Edition
2nd edition
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
317 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Ice
Snow
Science
Expeditions
Alps
Contents
PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
03 T89t
Collection
Archives Library
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On alpine heights and British crags

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue135
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1916
Author
Abraham, George Dixon
Publisher
London : Methuen
Call Number
D967 A27
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Author
Abraham, George Dixon
Publisher
London : Methuen
Published Date
1916
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Great Britain
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
D967 A27
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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How to become an alpinist

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue554
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1914
Author
Burlingham, Frederick
Publisher
London : Laurie
Call Number
G510 A1 B78
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Author
Burlingham, Frederick
Publisher
London : Laurie
Published Date
1914
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
G510 A1 B78
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Peaks and precipices : scrambles in the Dolomotes and Savoy

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3264
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1914
Author
Rey, Guido
Publisher
London : T. Fisher Unwin
Call Number
01.2 Al7r
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Author
Rey, Guido
Responsibility
translated from Italian by J. E. C. Eaton
Publisher
London : T. Fisher Unwin
Published Date
1914
Physical Description
238p. : front., plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Accession Number
482
Call Number
01.2 Al7r
Collection
Archives Library
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Ski-runs in the high Alps

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26176
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1913
Author
Roget, F. F.
Publisher
London : T. Fisher Unwin
Call Number
01.5 R63s
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Author
Roget, F. F.
Responsibility
Illustrations by L. M. Crisp
Publisher
London : T. Fisher Unwin
Published Date
1913
Physical Description
312 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Skiing
Education
Alps
Switzerland
Skiing, Cross Country
Ski mountaineering
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.5 R63s
Collection
Archives Library
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In praise of Switzerland : being the alps in prose and verse

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26165
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1912
Author
Spender, Harold
Publisher
London : Constable and Company Ltd.
Call Number
05 Sp3i
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Author
Spender, Harold
Publisher
London : Constable and Company Ltd.
Published Date
1912
Physical Description
291 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Literature
Poetry
History
Fiction
Contents
I. The Alps in admiration -- II. The Alps in description -- III. The Alps in adventure, i. The pioneers, ii. The heroes -- The Alps in tragedy -- The Alps in comedy -- The Alps in history -- The Alps in fiction
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
05 Sp3i
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountain adventures at home and abroad

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue134
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1910
Author
Abraham, George Dixon
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, Page
Call Number
G510 A273 1910
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Author
Abraham, George Dixon
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, Page
Published Date
1910
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Great Britain
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
G510 A273 1910
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Chamonix and the range of Mont Blanc : a guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3267
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1910
Author
Whymper, Edward
Publisher
London : John Murray
Edition
15th ed
Call Number
01.2 Al7w
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Author
Whymper, Edward
Edition
15th ed
Publisher
London : John Murray
Published Date
1910
Physical Description
xiv, 206p. : ill., ports., facsim., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Accession Number
413
Call Number
01.2 Al7w
Collection
Archives Library
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Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1023
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1853
Author
Forbes, James David
Publisher
Edinburgh : Black
Call Number
DL417 F6
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Author
Forbes, James David
Publisher
Edinburgh : Black
Published Date
1853
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DL417 F6
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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