CANADIAN LANDFORM EXAMPLES - 17 RETROGRESSIVE THAW SLUMPS

Retrogressive thaw slumps are the most active geomor-phic features of permafrost terrain (NRC 1988). Also called ground-ice slumps (Mackay 1966), they consist of a layer of ice-poor overburden, an ice-rich face and a low-angle mudflow downslope (figures 1 and 2). They are common along northern rivers and lakeshores and the western Arctic coast. Some have been initiated by terrain disturbance associated with road construction and mineral exploration (Lambert 1972). Insulation of ice-rich slopes (e.g., using woodchips) may reduce thaw slumping. Initially, this appears to have been successful along the pipeline route from Norman Wells, NWT, to Zama, Alberta.     

IN THE STEPS OF 'GENTEEL LADIES': WOMEN TOURISTS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, 1885-1939

In most accounts of tourism in the Canadian Rockies, women have been neglected. Correspondingly, there have been few attempts to integrate research on tourism history with recent perspectives from social-cultural geography. Travel narratives and related ephemera are used to highlight selected women's roles in early mountain tourism. Considering how touristic experiences were contrasted with nontourist social practices, via dress and notions of 'appropriate' female behaviour, interrelationships between tourism, culture, and society are also proposed. Gender constructs may influence touristic meanings and values. It is thus essential to further scrutinize these frameworks.
Dans la plupart des récits traitant du tourisme dans les montagnes Rocheuses, les femmes ont été quelque peu négligées. Pareillement, rares sont les tentatives ďintégration de la recherche sur ľhistoire du tourisme et des perspectives récentes issues de la géographie socio-culturelle. Les récits de voyage et bagatelles du genre servent à accentuer les rles de quelques héroïnes dans les débuts du tourisme de montagne. Les expériences touristiques étant en contraste avec les pratiques sociales non touristiques - le code relatif à la tenue vestimentaire et au comportement féminin « de bon aloi >> notamment, les relations réciproques entre le tourisme, la culture et la société sont également proposées. Les construits liés au sexe pourraient influer sur les significations et les valeurs touristiques. Il est done essentiel de poursuivre ľanalyse de ces structures.