topic:"Canada" found 24 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Adventures in climbing

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

Published Date: 1964

Author: Westmorland, R

Publisher: London : Pelham Books

Call Number: 01.4 W52

Author: Westmorland, R

Publisher: London : Pelham Books

Published Date: 1964

Physical Description: 124p. : ill

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

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada

Accession Number: 1446

Call Number: 01.4 W52

Collection: Archives Library

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The Alpine Club of Canada : list of members, 1965

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

Published Date: 1965?

Author: The Alpine Club of Canada

Publisher: The Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 08.1 Al1t Pam

Author: The Alpine Club of Canada

Publisher: The Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 1965?

Physical Description: 32 pages.

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada

Abstract: Pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada’s list of members for the year 1965.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 08.1 Al1t Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The big ship

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

Published Date: 1967

Author: Larsen, Henry A., Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen

Publisher: Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart

Call Number: 02.5 L32t

Author: Larsen, Henry A., Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen

Responsibility: Henry A. Larsen, Frank R. Sheer and Edvard Omholt-Jensen

Publisher: Toronto, Montreal, McClelland and Stewart

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 223 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm

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

Subjects: Travel; Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Abstract: Pertains to the autobiography of Henry A. Larsen, a Canadian explorer, seaman and member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The publication tells of Larsen’s heroism and expertise that ultimately saved his life, in the most trying of circumstances. The authors tell of Larsen’s relationship with the Inuit Indigenous Peoples in Northern Canada and the ways in which they respected him. Written much like a diary, The Big Ship offers compelling detail on the extravagant life of Larsen and his crew, as they battled the open sea in hopes of finding adventure.

Contents: 1. The first day in the mounted police -- 2. The early years -- 3. The Indian girl, the sea devil and "The general" -- 4. Steam -- 5. Fourth mate Larsen -- 6. North with Klengenberg -- 7. Herschel Island for the first time -- 8. Visit to Klengenberg's home -- 9. Tragic voyage to the west -- 10. Frozen in for the winter -- 11. More about life on Herschel -- 12. Seal hunt -- 13. New summer in the north -- 14. Canadian citizen -- 15. The ship and the crew -- 16. Maiden voyage to the north -- 17. My northern service starts -- 18. Skipper in the mounted police -- 19. In the ice -- 20. My first sled trip with the RCMP -- 21. Promotion and return to civilization -- 22. To the north again -- 23. Life in the arctic -- 24. In winter quarters -- 25. Dog life in the arctic -- 26. Eskimo love and drama -- 27. The fourth Christmas in the north -- 28. Daily life in the Igloo -- 29. Old and new medicine man -- 30. Southern interlude and marriage -- 31. Fourth voyage to the north -- 32. Marital complications among the Eskimo -- 33. An eventful winter -- 34. Guest of honour in the igloo -- 35. Visit from the south -- 36. About Quarlilaak, Mukkaani and Angulalik -- 37. Hanorie Umiarjuak -- 38. Niviassiag's curse -- 39. Superstition, infanticide and shipwreck -- 40. Reunion with my wife and first meeting with an unknown daughter -- 41. Among the inland Eskimo -- 42. Birth in the igloo -- 43. The great assignment -- 44. Toward the great adventure -- 45. The summer of broken expectations -- 46. A very close shave -- 47. A tragic loss -- 48. The story of a cannon -- 49. Easter with Father Henri -- 50. Afloat again -- 51. Bellot Strait : the last ordeal -- 52. Return to civilization -- 53. A summer voyage to the eastern arctic -- 54. Westward through the northwest passage -- 55. Honours and promotions -- 56. The last arctic voyage with the St. Roch -- 57. The men who speak the truth -- 58. Budget problems and words of caution -- 59. The St. Roch ends her career -- 60. The last years in the force.m