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2002-2003 a tragic avalanche season
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12045
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Manners, Evan
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Manners, Evan
- Physical Description
- p. 12
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.66 (Fall 2003)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Accidents. -- 1960-1977
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1241
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes vehicle collisions, animal kills, airplane crashes, train wrecks, and fires.
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.i. - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.i. - 2
- Physical Description
- ca.124 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Includes vehicle collisions, animal kills, airplane crashes, train wrecks, and fires.
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Airplanes - Accidents
- Fires
- Wildlife - Fatalities
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Accidents and fatalities
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55561
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 37 photographs which were produced by George Luxton for publication in the Minneapolis Journal, ca.1910-1930. Content pertains to train and vehicle crashes, collapsed buildings, human remains and rescue missions.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1930]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 241 to 277
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Extended family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 241 to 277
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1930]
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : b&w prints ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 37 photographs which were produced by George Luxton for publication in the Minneapolis Journal, ca.1910-1930. Content pertains to train and vehicle crashes, collapsed buildings, human remains and rescue missions.
- Notes
- WARNING: File contains violent and graphic content. Materials may be accessed at personal discretion.
- Access Restrictions
- Contains graphic content - access at personal discretion
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items stored in mylar
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alpine tragedy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1147
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1948
- Author
- Gos, Charles
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner's
- Call Number
- DQ824 G6
- Author
- Gos, Charles
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner's
- Published Date
- 1948
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ824 G6
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Jones, Dave
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Jones, Dave
- Physical Description
- p.56-58 : ill
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.68 (Spring 2004)
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- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Between a rock and a hard place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13051
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Ralston, Aron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Atria Books
- Call Number
- G512 R73 B44
- Author
- Ralston, Aron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Atria Books
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 354p. : ill., map
- ISBN
- 0-7434-9281-1
- Call Number
- G512 R73 B44
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The black grizzly of Whiskey Creek
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14815
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Marty, Sid
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart
- Call Number
- QL M37
- Author
- Marty, Sid
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 282 p. : maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Banff (townsite)
- Bears
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Garbage
- Indians
- Parks Canada
- Place names
- Tourism
- Wardens
- Wildlife management
- ISBN
- 9780771056994
- Accession Number
- AC609 copy 2 to dups
- Call Number
- QL M37
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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BNP Warden - Rescue [1/2]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56886
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.
- Date Range
- 1961-1972
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
14 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- viii : BNP Warden
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1961-1972
- Physical Description
- 53 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.
- Notes
- Photographs included in this entry were originally housed in a photo paper box identified by Bruno Engler prior to accessioning.
- Name Access
- Perren, Walter
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Boats
- Boating
- Bow River
- Canoes and canoeing
- Castle Mountain
- Helicopters
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Rivers
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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BNP Warden - Rescue [2/2]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57494
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.
- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- viii : BNP Warden
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 23.4 x 34.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.
- Notes
- File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes
- Name Access
- Anderson, Andy
- Davies, Jim
- Engler, Bruno
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Helicopters
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Portrait
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Case study : Winter 2002-2003's fatality #29 : Mt. Lady MacDonald's lone hiker
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12052
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Field, George
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Field, George
- Physical Description
- p.44 : ill
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.66 (Fall 2003). -- Article pertains to avalanche victim Jean-Francois Fecteau of Canmore Alberta
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada 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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Coming through : expeditions to Chogolisa and Menlungtse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3074
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Fanshawe, Andy
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Call Number
- DS786 M4 F34
- Author
- Fanshawe, Andy
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 217p. : ill., ports, maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Karakoram Range
- Menlungtse (Tibet)
- ISBN
- 0-340-52079-5
- Call Number
- DS786 M4 F34
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The dangerous summer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3055
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Child, Greg
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 C4 Pam
- Author
- Child, Greg
- Responsibility
- by Greg Child and Jon Krakauer
- Physical Description
- p.35-38, 70-75 : ill., ports
- Notes
- In Outside magazine, vol.XII, no.3, March, 1987
- In same issue: Meanwhile on Gasherbrum IV / by Greg Child
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 C4 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Dark summit : the true story of Everest's most controversial season
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14867
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Heil, Nick
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt
- Call Number
- DS486 H45
- Author
- Heil, Nick
- Responsibility
- Nick Heil
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- xi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Accidents
- Notes
- Winner of 2008 Jon Whyte award for best book
- ISBN
- 9780805083101
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS486 H45
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Death-roll of Snowdon
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- Subjects
- Accidents
- Notes
- Chambers's Journal, vol.4, May 7, 1887
- Call Number
- DA740 S6 C3 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Don't reduce Werner
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12051
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Dietzfelbinger, Christoph
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Dietzfelbinger, Christoph
- Physical Description
- p.42 : port
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.66 (Fall 2003). -- Article pertains to Werner Munter theory for avalanche prediction
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- P
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Education, Military, & Club Scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54870
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of academic, sports, and military newsclippings, certificates, and letters. Includes documents from Trinity College School, Ontario Militia, Alpine Club of Canada, and Royal Military College of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, hand-written letters, certificates, pr…
- Date Range
- 1910-1933
- Reference Code
- M169 / II / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M169
- Series
- II Scrapbooks
- Sous-Fonds
- M169
- Accession Number
- 22000
- Reference Code
- M169 / II / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1910-1933
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (103 pages ; 24.5 x 30 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of academic, sports, and military newsclippings, certificates, and letters. Includes documents from Trinity College School, Ontario Militia, Alpine Club of Canada, and Royal Military College of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, hand-written letters, certificates, programmes, ledger pages, cartoons and sketches, telegrams, invitations, and steamliner tickets.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, E. O. (Edward Oliver)
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Accidents
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Art
- Awards
- Biographical
- Cadet camp
- Competition
- Education
- Hockey
- Membership
- Military
- School
- School athletics
- Sports
- University
- War
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Ottawa
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Black pages not scanned
- Creator
- Wheeler, Edward O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Everest : mountain without mercy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15140
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Coburn, Broughton
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 C63 Oversize D
- Author
- Coburn, Broughton
- Responsibility
- introduction by Tim Cahill
- afterword by David Beashears
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 256p. : col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- Photography
- Notes
- with IMAX camera images from the motion picture, Everest
- ISBN
- 0792270142
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 C63 Oversize D
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The evolution of avalanche public safety practices
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12647
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Everts, Christine
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Everts, Christine
- Physical Description
- p.69-73 : ill
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.70 (Fall 2004). --Installment article of the CAA's oral history project which documents the origins and history of the Canadian avalanche industry with interviews of avalanche pioneers including Hans Gmoser, Willi Pfisterer, Jim Sime, Ron Perla and Herb Bleuer
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- P
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A glitter girl retrospective
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13155
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Talbot, Margot
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Talbot, Margot
- Physical Description
- P.18-19 : ill
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineers, Women
- Notes
- Gripped, vol. 4, no.4 (Aug / Sep 2006). Obituaries for Canmore mountaineer Karen McNeill and American Sue Nott
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- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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