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Daffern, Tony. Avalanche Safety for Skiers & Climbers. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 1992. Covers all aspects of avalanches, including their causes, practical information on how to avoid them, and a section on rescue techniques and first aid.
Guide to Manuscripts: The Fonds and Collections of the Archives, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Banff: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 1988. This book makes finding items in the museum easy by providing alphabetical lists of all parts of the collection.
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite. Place Names of Alberta. Calgary: University of Alberta Press, 1991. Volume 1 alphabetically lists all geographic features of the mountains and foothills, with explanations of each name’s origin. Volume 2 does the same for southern Alberta.
© Andrew Hempstead, from Moon Western Canada, 3rd Edition
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