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by Jessica Duncan | Sep 15, 2020 | MLP News
Athabasca glacier – the most visited glacier in North America – is rapidly receding. An analysis inspired by family history outlining the power of photography as a tool for understanding landscape change.
by Cassandra Buunk | Aug 19, 2020 | MLP News
By Cassandra Buunk, August 19th, 2020 There is a little box on the bottom right hand side of the Mountain Legacy Project field note sheets that I took as an invitation to sketch the landscape. I took every opportunity to sketch the mountains in our 2019 field season....
by Sonia Voicescu | Jul 14, 2020 | MLP News
by Sonia Voicescu, July 14, 2020 Have you ever come across towns whose very presence on the landscape hint at multiple stories and complex histories? Perhaps it’s the façade of a particular building that doesn’t quite fit with the more modern design of its neighbours....
by Mary Sanseverino | Jun 23, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News
By Mary Sanseverino, June 23, 2020 Just last week on June 16 two intertwined articles, both about landscape change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, came out. Both were published under the auspices of the Nature Research family of journals, one of the world’s...
by Alina Fisher | Jun 17, 2020 | MLP News
Alina C. Fisher and Tanya Samman, originally published on Science Borealis, reposted with permission Currently, self-isolation is the norm for people all over the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While you’ve been staying home, you’ve been justifiably...
by Kristen Walsh | Apr 2, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News
By Kristen Walsh and Mary Sanseverino. With Rick Arthur, Winston Delorme, Bill Snow, and Rob Watt. May 12, 2020. MOUNTAINS make up one quarter of the Canadian land mass. They have been home to a vibrant diversity of Indigenous Peoples for thousands of years. In this...
by Alina Fisher | Feb 21, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News
by Alina C. Fisher & Sonia Voicescu Two weeks ago, we got to experience time travel. It wasn’t the thing of movies, where we sat in a time machine, amongst flashing colours and futuristic noises, which brought us to a stunning landscape we had never seen...
by Kristen Walsh | Jan 20, 2020 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
Whether it’s mountain-work, fieldwork or play … acknowledge the environment you find yourself in, and take heed of its hazards. Check out how MLP teams practice personal responsibility, self-care, open communications, and situational awareness in the mountains.
by Zac Robinson | Dec 9, 2019 | Historic photos, MLP News
Zac’s post was initially published Dec 7, 2019 on the Mount Logan Ice Expedition’s blog under the title “Archives“. IMAGE Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, Vine Lynne Canada and Abroad Album, Accession number 1990-087 0576 Archives are...
by Charles Hayes | Oct 1, 2019 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
The story of ecological change in the Canadian mountain west over the last century provides powerful, poignant testimony about our very different histories and roles in the dramatic changes of the last century. The most important question becomes: who do we want to be here?
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