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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.103
Description
Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Athabasca Glacier
Date
1940 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
ice
snow
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.103
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.325
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Snow Dome
Date
1940 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.4 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.325
Images
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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
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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Snow Dome, Columbia Icefield

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.189
Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.189
Description
Dome Glacier between Snow Dome and Mt. Kitchener at Columbia Icefield.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Snow Dome, Columbia Icefield
Date
1940 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 28.0 cm
Description
Dome Glacier between Snow Dome and Mt. Kitchener at Columbia Icefield.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Snow Dome
Dome Glacier
Mt. Kitchener
Columbia Icefield
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.189
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St. Nicholas Peak, Spring

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.356
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
St. Nicholas Peak, Spring
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.356
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background. The woman leaves a curving line in the snow down the hill. The right side is a more final version in ink with more details. “Greetings 1949” printed in BRC.
Subject
Christmas Card
Peter
Catharine
skiing
snow
ski hill
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
Images
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