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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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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
- 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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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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The Banff-Jasper highway : descriptive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15289
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1948
- Author
- Williams, Mabel B
- Publisher
- Vancouver : H.R. larson Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- 02.6 W67 1948
- 02.6 W67 1948 c. 2
- Author
- Williams, Mabel B
- Publisher
- Vancouver : H.R. larson Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- ix, 136 pages, illustrations, maps
- Notes
- Both Copy 1 & Copy 2 have publisher signature
- Accession Number
- 492 (Copy 1&2)
- 2014.8385 deaccessioned
- From card and old db record, unsure of which edition, missing copies: 5142
- Call Number
- 02.6 W67 1948
- 02.6 W67 1948 c. 2
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- Archives Library
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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24918
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Publisher
- Life
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11c PAM OS
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- Publisher
- Life
- Published Date
- 1947
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Rundle Mount
- Athabaska River
- Brazeau
- Maligne Lake
- Bow River
- Canadian National Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Trails
- Mountaineering
- Columbia Icefield
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
- Notes
- In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11c PAM OS
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25554
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- George Harvey, Athelstan
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
- Call Number
- 04.1 H26d
- Author
- George Harvey, Athelstan
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
- Published Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
- Subjects
- Botany
- Science
- Travel
- Canada
- Upper Canada
- Columbia River
- Contents
- Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 04.1 H26d
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- Archives Library
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The new North-West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5722
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- Dawson, Carl Addington
- Call Number
- 03.6 D32
- Author
- Dawson, Carl Addington
- Responsibility
- edited by C.A. Dawson
- Published Date
- 1947
- Subjects
- Canada
- Ethnic groups
- Northwest Territories
- Travel
- Yukon
- Accession Number
- 4000
- Call Number
- 03.6 D32
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- Archives Library
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Victoria British Columbia : souvenir map and tourist guide of Victoria, also road map of Vancouver Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20004
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1945?
- Publisher
- Canada : Illustrated Civic Map Service
- Call Number
- 02.5 C48v Pam
- Publisher
- Canada : Illustrated Civic Map Service
- Published Date
- 1945?
- Subjects
- Travel
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Maps
- Abstract
- Pertains to a map and tourist guide of Victoria, British Columbia. Additionally, the booklet contains a road map of Vancouver Island. The inside of the map has been annotated by Bert Rigall. Readers can expect an illustrated souvenir map and guide of Victoria.
- Notes
- Annotation – the map has been annotated by Bert Rigall
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 02.5 C48v Pam
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- Archives Library
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I never left home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20116
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1944
- Author
- Hope, Bob ; illustrated by Carl Rose.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Call Number
- 08 H77i Pam
- Variant Title
- Bob Hope's own story of his trip abroad : I never left home
- Responsibility
- Bob Hope ; illustrated by Carl Rose.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Published Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 76 pages
- Subjects
- Humour
- World War II
- World War, 1939-1945
- Travel
- American
- Abstract
- "I Never Left Home is about ... Bob Hope's journey among our armed forces, during which he has traveled more than 80,000 miles and played before more than half the entire army. It is composed of about three-fourths straight Hope humor and one-fourth extremely moving tribute to our soldiers. It is a personal adventure story and a Hope's eye view of the war ..." -- From dust jacket.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08 H77i Pam
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Life goes to Jasper Park in the Canadian Rockies : farthest north resort is tops in scenery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24917
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1940
- Publisher
- Life
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.
1 website
- Publisher
- Life
- Published Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 84 pages
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Travel
- Tourism
- Labour
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Hotels
- Mountain guides
- Hot springs
- Skiing
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Postal services
- Abstract
- Pertains to the summer labour in Japser National Park during 1940 and the types of activities and amenities available for staff and tourists.
- Notes
- In Life, Vol. 9, No. 9, August 26, 1940, pp. 76 - 79
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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Handbook for travellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of Savoy ...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1879
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1846
- Author
- Murray, John
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Edition
- 3d ed
- Call Number
- DQ16 M87 I
- Author
- Murray, John
- Edition
- 3d ed
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Published Date
- 1846
- Physical Description
- 226 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Subjects
- Travel
- Switzerland
- Call Number
- DQ16 M87 I
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Handbook for travellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of Savoy ...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14947
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1846
- Author
- Murray, John
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Edition
- 3d ed
- Call Number
- DQ16 M87 II
- Author
- Murray, John
- Edition
- 3d ed
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Published Date
- 1846
- Physical Description
- 420 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Subjects
- Travel
- Switzerland
- Call Number
- DQ16 M87 II
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Vacation rambles and thoughts : comprising the recollections of three continental tours in the vacations of 1841, 1842, & 1843
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2569
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1845
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Call Number
- D919 T34 I
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Published Date
- 1845
- Physical Description
- xiii, 256 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- D919 T34 I
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Vacation rambles and thoughts : comprising the recollections of three continental tours in the vacations of 1841, 1842, & 1843
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14942
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1845
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Call Number
- D919 T34 II
- Author
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon
- Publisher
- London : Edward Moxon
- Published Date
- 1845
- Physical Description
- xiii, 256 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- D919 T34 II
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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
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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
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The Rocky Mountains of Canada in colour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15474
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- pre 1945 (1st Edition)
- pre 1945 (2nd Edition)
- post 1945 (3rd Edition)
- post 1945 (4th Edition)
- Author
- Associated screen news limited
- Publisher
- Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited
- Edition
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Call Number
- 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition
- 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition
- 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition
- Variant Title
- In colour The Rocky Mountains of Canada
- Responsibility
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Edition
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Publisher
- Montreal : Associated Screen News Limited
- Published Date
- pre 1945 (1st Edition)
- pre 1945 (2nd Edition)
- post 1945 (3rd Edition)
- post 1945 (4th Edition)
- Physical Description
- 18 leaves : chiefly color illustrations
- Subjects
- Photography
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Tourism
- Travel
- Souvenir stores
- Alberta
- Mountains
- Three Sisters
- Rundle Mount
- Town of Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Temple, Mount
- Lake Louise
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Lefroy Glacier
- Victoria Glacier
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Moraine Lake
- Takakkaw Falls
- Yoho
- Yoho National Park
- Great Divide Trail
- Spiral Tunnels
- Field
- Field, British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to popular views of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Contents
- The Three Sisters
- Mount Rundle and Vermilion Lake
- Town of Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Mount Assiniboine
- Castle Mountain
- Mount Temple
- Lake Louise
- Mount Lefroy and Victorial Glacier
- Lakes in the Clouds
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
- Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley
- The Great Divide
- Spiral Tunnels
- Field, British Columbia, and Mount Stephen
- Notes
- Printed in Canada
- Accession Number
- 2014.8385
- 2019.84
- Call Number
- 06 Ro59m c.1 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.2 PAM 4th edition
- 06 Ro59m c.3 PAM 1st edition
- 06 Ro59m c.4 PAM 2nd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.5 PAM 3rd edition
- 06 Ro59m c.6 PAM 4th edition
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