topic:" glacier" found 21 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Glacial studies in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks (Smithsonian expedition, season of 1904.) preliminary report

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1905

Author: Sherzer, William Hittell

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution

Call Number: 03.4 Sh5g Pam

Author: Sherzer, William Hittell

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution

Published Date: 1905

Physical Description: 44 pages, illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Deville Glacier; Illecillewaet Glacier; Lefroy Glacier; Mitre Glacier; Selkirk Mountains; Victoria Glacier; Wapta Glacier; Wenkchemna Glacier; Yoho Glacier

Accession Number: 7913

Call Number: 03.4 Sh5g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Glaciers in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1907

Author: Sherzer, William Hittell

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution

Call Number: 03.4 Sh3g Pam

Author: Sherzer, William Hittell

Responsibility: William Hittell Sherzer, PH.D.

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution

Published Date: 1907

Physical Description: 496 pp. ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Victoria Glacier; Wapta Icefield; Illecillewaet Glacier; Asulkan Glacier

Notes: Smithsonian Expedition of 1904 preliminary report

Accession Number: 7830

Call Number: 03.4 Sh3g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Storm Clouds Above Victoria Glacier, Pipestone River

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.133

Description: Colour: green, yellow, grey. In the foreground are bright purple and pink shrubs in the green grass. Three yellow larches stand left of center. A sliver of blue water can be seen across the picture and the far shore starts an inch up from the bottom. Trees and green hills fill the rest of the lower…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Storm Clouds Above Victoria Glacier, Pipestone River

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 9 cm

Description: Colour: green, yellow, grey. In the foreground are bright purple and pink shrubs in the green grass. Three yellow larches stand left of center. A sliver of blue water can be seen across the picture and the far shore starts an inch up from the bottom. Trees and green hills fill the rest of the lower half. Grey sky with hints of purple mountains fill the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; Victoria Glacier; river; Pipestone River

Credit: Gift of Margaret White, Kamloops, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.133

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Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing c…

Date Range: 1956

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 38

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 38

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1956

Physical Description: 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 380'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing crevasse rescues. The original label on the case reads "Title: Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing, Camera: B. Engler, Date: 1956, Footage 380ft."