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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.857
- Description
- A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the…
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- Title
- The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the goal minding it. Near the TLC it says “THE SIX MINUTE MEN STAGE A LIGHT WORKOUT -----------”, in the BRC it says “Peter Whyte - 28 -”, and “Drawn specially for Russ.”verso: in the TLC it says “[’Russ’ - Russell Robb II CRW’s brother Jon Whyte to 27.2.75”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.857
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26164
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Tutton, A. E. H.
- Publisher
- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Call Number
- 03 T89t
- Author
- Tutton, A. E. H.
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Publisher
- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 317 pages
- Contents
- PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03 T89t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Horizontal, Ice Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1177
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1177
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded together to close. The blade has nicks on either side making it serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
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- Title
- Horizontal, Ice Piton
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 26.8 w/o ring cm
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded together to close. The blade has nicks on either side making it serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
- Subject
- sports
- ice climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1177
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Horizontal, Ice Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1178
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1178
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. It has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded to close it. The blade has nicks on either side making them serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
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- Title
- Horizontal, Ice Piton
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.50 x 26.0 blade w/o ring cm
- Description
- An early example of a hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. It has a twist turn before the hole where the ring goes through. The ring has been welded to close it. The blade has nicks on either side making them serrated for ice climbing. “CJB” is engraved on the blade.
- Subject
- sports
- ice climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1178
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- Date
- 1955 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DoW.02.03
- Description
- Image is of two female figure skaters on ice with snow-covered mountains in the background. Both are wearing red, pleated skirts and one figure is facing left with both legs on the ice, and the other is facing out and is doing a high kick. (Lake Minnewanka?)Writing on back in red pen/marker: “Fig…
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- Title
- Skaters
- Date
- 1955 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 68 x 138 cm
- Description
- Image is of two female figure skaters on ice with snow-covered mountains in the background. Both are wearing red, pleated skirts and one figure is facing left with both legs on the ice, and the other is facing out and is doing a high kick. (Lake Minnewanka?)Writing on back in red pen/marker: “Figure Skater 11’7” x 5’8” “Artist signature is in the bottom right corner: “Wadym D.”cascade hotel mural
- Credit
- Gift of Leo Wedro, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- DoW.02.03
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Pyke the unknown genius
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11467
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- Author
- Lampe, David
- Publisher
- London : Evan Brothers
- Call Number
- 08.1 L18p
- Author
- Lampe, David
- Publisher
- London : Evan Brothers
- Published Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 224 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Biography
- Habbakuk
- Ice
- Jasper
- Patricia Lake
- World War II
- Accession Number
- 02-08-01 33,500
- Call Number
- 08.1 L18p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PtG.04.01
- Description
- Light blue background, igloo white lines takes up most of the picture; head and shoulders of a man with a knife in center in black;
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- Title
- Igloo Builder
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 48.3 cm
- Description
- Light blue background, igloo white lines takes up most of the picture; head and shoulders of a man with a knife in center in black;
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- PtG.04.01
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Collection
- Archives Library
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[Baffin Island, Barnes Ice Cap 37E/2E] District of Franklin, Northwest Territories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23462
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
- Call Number
- NTS
- 37E/2E
- Publisher
- Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- Scale: 1:50,000
- Contour intervals
- Notes
- National Topographic System
- Arctic provisional map
- Accession Number
- 7000
- Call Number
- NTS
- 37E/2E
- Collection
- Archives Library
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[Baffin Island, Barnes Ice Cap 37E/2W] District of Franklin, Northwest Territories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23463
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
- Call Number
- NTS
- 37E/2W
- Publisher
- Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- Scale: 1:50,000
- Relief: Contour intervals
- Notes
- National Topographic System
- Arctic Provisional map
- Accession Number
- 7000
- Call Number
- NTS
- 37E/2W
- Collection
- Archives Library
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