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Title: Rescue at Cherry Bowl an Avalanche Canada Microsite Exploring the Many Learning Opportunities From a Successful Backcountry Avalanche Rescue: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Mary Clayton; Description: Too often, educational opportunities in avalanche safety are based in tragedy. Rescue at Cherry Bowl is a lesson from success; three backcountry skie...; Object ID: ISSW16_O4.01.pdf; Keywords: rescue training, education, awareness, avalanche canada, rescue at cherry bowl; View additional details about Rescue at Cherry Bowl an Avalanche Canada Microsite Exploring the Many Learning Opportunities From a Successful Backcountry Avalanche Rescue

Title: A Recipe for Widespread Persistent Deep Slab Avalanche Characteristics in Western Canada: Date: 2010; Authors: Cam Campbell, Matt MacDonald; Description: Of the 29 avalanche fatalities during the avalanche season of 2002-03 in western Canada, at least 14 were attributed to persistent deep slab avalanche...; Object ID: ISSW_P-059.pdf; Keywords: slab avalanche, fatalities, snowpack, weather conditions; View additional details about A Recipe for Widespread Persistent Deep Slab Avalanche Characteristics in Western Canada

Title: A National Standard: Certification of Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog Teams, The Canadian Perspective: Date: 2004; Authors: Anton Horvath, Kyle Hale; Description: Search and rescue in Canada is the responsibility of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. However operational needs of the RCMP and geographic challeng...; Object ID: issw-2004-382.pdf; Keywords: rescue dogs, avalanche rescue; View additional details about A National Standard: Certification of Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog Teams, The Canadian Perspective

Title: An Information System for the Canadian Avalanche Community: Date: 2004; Authors: R. Atkins, P. HÃ¤geli; Description: Exchange of avalanche related information among professionals has become crucial for avalanche safety programs. The success story of the Canadian ava...; Object ID: issw-2004-469.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, safety; View additional details about An Information System for the Canadian Avalanche Community

Title: Snow in Canadian and U.S. Art and Poetry, 1840-1980: Date: 1988; Authors: Bernard Mergen; Description: Snow has been used by artists and poets for centuries because winter weather is especially rich in the kind of paradoxes that generate complex cultura...; Object ID: issw-1988-047-056.pdf; Keywords: art, poetry, snow, winter weather, cultural responses; View additional details about Snow in Canadian and U.S. Art and Poetry, 1840-1980

Title: Institutional Arrangements for Snow Avalanche Management in Canada: Date: 1984; Authors: Rhoda Charlene McFarlane; Description: The objectives of this paper are twofold: to identify the agencies involved in avalanche management in Canada and to evaluate the institutional arrang...; Object ID: ISSW-1984-084-089.pdf; Keywords: avalanche management, agencies, snow avalanche; View additional details about Institutional Arrangements for Snow Avalanche Management in Canada

Title: Major Canadian Avalanches 1970-1976 and the UNESCO Annual Reports: Date: 1976; Authors: C.S.L. Onunanney; Description: The purpose of this short paper is to indicate the nature of an existing international reporting system that includes Canadian avalanche events and to...; Object ID: issw-1976-195-198.pdf; Keywords: avalanche fatalities, avalanche activity; View additional details about Major Canadian Avalanches 1970-1976 and the UNESCO Annual Reports