topic:"Climatology" found 4 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)

Contents: Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.

Notes: Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation

ISBN: 9780978013219

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 03.2 R93c; 03.2 R93c Reference copy

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Further research

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259496447_Climate_Change_and_Landscape_in_the_Canadian_Rocky_Mountains

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Fortress Mountain Summit Registers and Notes

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Fortress Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 and 2005. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurr…

Date Range: 1992-1999; 2002-2005

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 34 to 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / V: Summit Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records

Accession Number: accn. 2023.10; accn. 7779

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 34 to 36

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1992-1999; 2002-2005

Physical Description: 3 volumes 4 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Fortress Mountain is located in Kananaskis Country, near Spray Valley, Banff National Park and Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. It was originally a mountain ski resort. The films, Inception, The Bourne Legacy, The Claim, The Revenant and others were filmed in the area. Canadian climate researchers have used the area of Fortress Mountain Resort to study the effects of climate change in the area.

Scope & Content: Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Fortress Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 and 2005. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. Files include: M200 / V / A / 34: Fortress Mountain Summit register Aug. 16, 1992 - Aug. 13, 1995 M200 / V / A / 35: [Fortress Mountain? 1995 - 1999] M200 / V / A / 36: Fortress Mountain Sep 15, 2002 - Aug 13, 2005

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Avalanches; Backcountry skiing; Backpacking; Banff National Park; Bow Valley; Climatology; Climbing; Conservation; Environment; Environment and Nature; Films and film making; Fortress Mountain; Helicopters; Hiking; Mountain; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Parks; Provincial parks and reserves; Ski mountaineering; Skiing; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Summit; Trails; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Kananaskis Country; Rocky Mountains; Spray Valley

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Mandarin; Japanese; Korean

Related Material: M235

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Fortress Mountain and the false promise of public participation in Alberta, March 2020, Shaun Fluker, In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020, p. 6 - 8, The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal. Whyte Archives Library Call Number: P

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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I. B. Waterton Park Flood, June 8-9, 1964

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Part Of: Charlie Russell fonds

Scope & Content: Subseries consists of 18 black and white 4x5 negatives pertaining to documentation of the Waterton Lakes flood of 1964.

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V557 / I / B

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Charlie Russell fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V557

Series: I

Sous-Fonds: V557

Sub-Series: B

Accession Number: 7728

Reference Code: V557 / I / B

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 18 photographs: 18 negatives: b&w; 4x5.

Scope & Content: Subseries consists of 18 black and white 4x5 negatives pertaining to documentation of the Waterton Lakes flood of 1964.

Name Access: Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)

Subject Access: Climatology; Environment

Geographic Access: Waterton; Waterton Lakes National Park; Anthracite; Canada

Language: English

Finding Aid: Revised digital and original handwritten in case file

Creator: Charlie Russell

Category: Environment

Title Source: Label on original 4x5 box negatives were housed in (label housed with negatives in mylar sleeve).

Processing Status: Processed

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Legacy in time : three generations of mountain photography in the Canadian West

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Vaux, Henry

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 06.4 V46l c.1; 06 V46l c.2

Author: Vaux, Henry

Responsibility: Henry Vaux Jr.

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 125 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, maps ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Climatology; Environment; Glaciers; Hydrology; Photographers; Photography; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Vaux family

Notes: Includes bibliography references; Repeat photography of glacier formations in the mountains of Western Canada, comparing the photographs taken by Vaux family members in the late 19th and early 20th century with photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. of in the early 21st century

ISBN: 9781771600606

Accession Number: P2015-01-20; tbd

Call Number: 06.4 V46l c.1; 06 V46l c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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