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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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”
Subject
winter
sports
ice
snow
hockey
skates
ice skating
puck
hockey sticks
people
men
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

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Ice
Snow
Science
Expeditions
Alps
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

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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

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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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Artist
Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)
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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Artist
Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)
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
Subject
skating
figure skating
ice
winter
cascade hotel mural
Credit
Gift of Leo Wedro, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
DoW.02.03
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Pyke the unknown genius

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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.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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Artist
Pootagook (1887 – 1958, Canadian)
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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Artist
Pootagook (1887 – 1958, Canadian)
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;
Subject
man
igloo
ice;
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
PtG.04.01
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Baffin Island, Barnes Ice Cap
District of Franklin, Northwest Territories
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

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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
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Baffin Island, Barnes Ice Cap
District of Franklin,, Northwest Territories
Notes
National Topographic System
Arctic Provisional map
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
NTS
37E/2W
Collection
Archives Library
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