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20,000 miles : an Englishwoman's impressions in America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3616
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1939
- 1938
- Author
- Tuke, Ada
- Publisher
- Southampton : G.F. Wilson
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- 02.3 T81
- Author
- Tuke, Ada
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- Southampton : G.F. Wilson
- Published Date
- 1939
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 247p. : facsim., map
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Rocky Mountains, p.57-59
- Accession Number
- 19500
- Call Number
- 02.3 T81
- Collection
- Archives Library
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1990 Everest Environmental Expedition : post-expedition report
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13083
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Everest Environmental Expedition
- Publisher
- Colorado Springs : Everest Environmental Expedition
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 E5
- Publisher
- Colorado Springs : Everest Environmental Expedition
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Garbage
- Mountaineering
- Pollution
- Notes
- Bob McConnell and Liz Nichol, Expedition Co-Leaders
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 E5
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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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
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 K71a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ascent of dog : working dogs in the West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11231
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Bush, Wendy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96
- Author
- Bush, Wendy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.), map
- Subjects
- Dogsledding
- Indians
- Film making
- Mountaineering
- Postal services
- Schaffer, Mary
- Search and rescue
- Thompson David
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Signed by author and dog Bart Muldoon
- Tipped in photograph of author and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies' librarian Mary Andrews
- ISBN
- 1-55059-174-6
- Accession Number
- 7144
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The ascent of Nanda Devi
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15294
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1937
- Author
- Tilman, Harold William
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 01.1 T46a
- Author
- Tilman, Harold William
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- xiii, 235 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Nanda Devi
- Sherpa
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 01.1 T46a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Beyond Nootka : a historical perspective of Vancouver Island mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15203
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Author
- Elms, Lindsay J
- Publisher
- Courtenay (B.C.) : Misthorn Press
- Call Number
- 01.4 E6b
- Author
- Elms, Lindsay J
- Responsibility
- by Lindsay J. Elms
- introduction by Sandy Briggs
- Publisher
- Courtenay (B.C.) : Misthorn Press
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 128p. : ill. (some col.), ports., maps (1 col.)
- Notes
- Bibliography : p.123
- Includes index
- ISBN
- 0-9680159-0-5
- Accession Number
- 2016.8602
- Call Number
- 01.4 E6b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canada's first nations : a history of founding peoples from earliest times
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1467
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Dickason, Olive Patricia
- Publisher
- Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 D55c
- Author
- Dickason, Olive Patricia
- Responsibility
- Olive Patricia Dickason
- Publisher
- Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1992
- Subjects
- First Nations
- History
- Canada
- Abstract
- Designed to provide a comprehensive introduction into the subject. Interdisciplinary approach, incorporating insighes from archaology, anthropology, biology, sociology, and political science, adds depth as well as breadth.
- Contents
- At the beginning -- The outside world intrudes -- Spread across the continent -- Towards new horizons -- Into the contemporary world
- ISBN
- 0-7710-2800-8 pbk
- Accession Number
- 2019.01
- Call Number
- 07.2 D55c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The climb : tragic ambitions on Everest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21254
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Boukreev, Anatoli
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B65
- Author
- Boukreev, Anatoli
- Responsibility
- Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- xi, 255p. : col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- ISBN
- 0312168144
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B65
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A climber's guide to the interior ranges of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19830
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1937
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- The American Alpine Club
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01.4 Th39a
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- The American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 149 pages
- Abstract
- Guidebook written by J. Monroe Thorington on behalf the American Alpine Club pertaining to the interior ranges of British Columbia with focus on the Selkirk, Purcell, Caribou, and Monashee (Gold) Ranges
- Contents
- The Selkirk Range
- The Purcell Range
- The Caribou Range
- The Monashee (Gold) Range
- Notes
- Annotated by Ernest Feuz and Fred A. Feuz
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01.4 Th39a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- [244] pages
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Guide
- Mountain guides
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass
- Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass
- Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass
- Accession Number
- 2019.48
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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