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Dark sky science - exploring in the mountains means something different to everyone. For Matthew Parker, new discoveries begin when the sun sets and the celestial space above Jasper - the world's second largest dark sky preserve - comes to life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25137
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Recompsat, Juliette
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
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- P
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- Author
- Recompsat, Juliette
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.20 - 21
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to astronomy in Jasper, Alberta - includes instructions on how to adopt astronomy as a hobby
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
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- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Wharton, Thomas
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : NeWest Publishing
- Call Number
- 05.2 W55 2021
- Author
- Wharton, Thomas
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : NeWest Publishing
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 336 pages
- Abstract
- In 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slips on the ice of the Arcturus Glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slides into a crevasse, wedged upside down nearly sixty feet below the surface. As he fights losing consciousness, a stray beam of sunlight illuminates the ice in front of him and Byrne sees something in the blue-green radiance that will forever link him to the ancient glacier. In this moment, his life’s purpose becomes uncovering the mystery of the icefield that almost was his tomb. Along the way, he encounters similarly fixated individuals, each immersed in their own quest: the healer and storyteller Sara; the bohemian travel writer Freya Becker; the entrepreneur Trask; the poet Hal Rowan; and Elspeth, greenhouse keeper and Byrne's lover. First published in 1995, Thomas Wharton’s Icefields is an astonishing historical novel set in a mesmerizing literary landscape, one that is constantly being altered by the surging and retreating glacier and unpredictable weather. Here—where characters are pulled into deep chasms of ice as well as the stories and histories they tell one another—is a vivid, daring, and crisply written book that reveals the human spirit, loss, myth, and elusive truths. -- From the publisher
- Notes
- This updated Landmark Edition includes an author interview with Smaro Kamboureli and an Afterword by award-winning writer Suzette Mayr.
- ISBN
- 9781774390368
- Accession Number
- P2023.16
- Call Number
- 05.2 W55 2021
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Journal of a hunter's excursion to the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25225
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- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Heber Percy, Algernon
- Publisher
- Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta
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- Author
- Heber Percy, Algernon
- Responsibility
- Algernon Heber Percy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- p. 8 - 23
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Article pertains to Algernon Percy's journal entries from a hunting excursion with his wife Alice Percy to the Jasper area - accessed overland from Red River to Fort Saskatchewan from August 6th 1878 to October 27th 1878 - excerpts from this trip was published by Bennion & Horne for private circulation and a copy is held at the University of Alberta Library
- Notes
- In Alberta History, Summer 2020, Volume 68, Number 3, p. 8 - 23
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- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Historical Society of Alberta website
- Journal can be viewed onlina via Peel
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With the Maligne herd gone ... Jasper's caribou crisis deepens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25214
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Campbell, Carolyn
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
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1 website
- Author
- Campbell, Carolyn
- Responsibility
- Carolyn Campbell
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- pg. 7 - 8
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Caribou
- Maligne Lake
- Jasper National Park
- Wildlife
- Wildlife corridors
- Wildlife management
- Foothills
- Parks Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the extirpation of the Maligne caribou herd in Jasper National Park. Outlines the ongoing issues leading to extirpation and calls for immediate action to stop extinction
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
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- Archives Library
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- Digital copy available
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