Historical Planet
Thursday 10 March 2016
A skier soars through the air while racing down Mount Norquay in Alberta's Banff National Park in March 1956
A herd of caribou cuts across the Bald Hills, which are today a popular hiking spot, in Jasper National Park
A smiling Afghan boy is pictured decorating mounds of different cakes piled high on plates
Wednesday 9 March 2016
This March 1956 photo shows a skier, with his trousers rolled up to his knees, heading down Mount Norquay at Banff National Park
the pristine slopes viewed from Jasper's Outpost Peak (1950)
Thursday 11 February 2016
A view looking north of the upper locks of the Gatun Locks. In 1893, De Lesseps was arrested and convicted of fraud and maladministration, he died two years later age 89
Signs warned motorists to exercise 'great caution' until The Devil's Elbow was bypassed in the 1960s
Porters helping holidaymakers with their luggage at Waterloo Station, London, in 1913, just a year before the start of World War One
Located south of the 2,198ft Cairnwell Pass, motorists were relieved when The Devil's Pass was bypassed
A chemistry lesson in full flow in a mud-walled classroom, with a small board covered in equations
A captivating residential hillside in Kabul is adorned by brightly coloured trees and foliage
Sunday 7 February 2016
Staff pushed burning embers off the cliff face in Yosemite National Park (pictured) before the practice was banned in 1968
In January 1968, the National Park Service ordered the spectacle (shown) be discontinued due to the overwhelming number of visitors it attracted.
The Grotte de Lascaux was discovered in 1940. It's a gallery of more than 600 paintings and 1,500 engravings that had lain hidden underground for more than 17,000 years.
Crowds watch Queen Elizabeth II being driven along The Devil's Elbow to Balmoral by Prince Philip in 1967
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