The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 40
... base , and it therefore should receive great weight . But I regret to say that in the chain of triangles connecting with the top of the mount- ain , the difficulty of placing well - conditioned triangles seems to have been so great that ...
... base , and it therefore should receive great weight . But I regret to say that in the chain of triangles connecting with the top of the mount- ain , the difficulty of placing well - conditioned triangles seems to have been so great that ...
Page 52
... base multiplied by its altitude , which is the greatest fall in tempera- ture at the center of the cold wave . A formula has been devised , based on 127 special cases , repre- senting the amount of fall in terms of the amount of ...
... base multiplied by its altitude , which is the greatest fall in tempera- ture at the center of the cold wave . A formula has been devised , based on 127 special cases , repre- senting the amount of fall in terms of the amount of ...
Page 53
... Base Camp on the Shore of Yakutat Bay . 86 First Day's Tramp -.- 89 Canoe Trip in Disenchantment Bay 96 From Yakutat Bay to Blossom Island Blossom Island Life above the Snow - Line First Camp in the Snow .. 9 - NAT . GEOG . MAG . , VOL ...
... Base Camp on the Shore of Yakutat Bay . 86 First Day's Tramp -.- 89 Canoe Trip in Disenchantment Bay 96 From Yakutat Bay to Blossom Island Blossom Island Life above the Snow - Line First Camp in the Snow .. 9 - NAT . GEOG . MAG . , VOL ...
Page 55
... base of the Fairweather range , the mountains are exceedingly rugged , and present some of the finest coast scenery in the world . There are but two inlets east of Yakutat bay on this shore which afford shelter even for small boats ...
... base of the Fairweather range , the mountains are exceedingly rugged , and present some of the finest coast scenery in the world . There are but two inlets east of Yakutat bay on this shore which afford shelter even for small boats ...
Page 56
... bases of the Fairweather and St. Elias ranges , is formed of a low table - land intervening between the mountains and the ... base of the white peaks beyond . This opening was examined a century ago by explorers in search of the delusive ...
... bases of the Fairweather and St. Elias ranges , is formed of a low table - land intervening between the mountains and the ... base of the white peaks beyond . This opening was examined a century ago by explorers in search of the delusive ...
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Agassiz glacier Alaska Amazon appears avalanches base beneath Bering Bering island Bering's Blossom island border camp canoe carts chart Coast and Geodetic crest crevasses débris dense Disenchantment bay eastern elevation Elias range Elias region expedition exploration feet flows formed Geodetic Survey GEOG Geological Survey glacial Haenke island height Hitchcock range ice-streams Icy bay indicated Kamshatka Kerr l'Isle l'Isle's lake land longitude lower Lucia glacier Malaspina glacier margin Marvine glacier melting miles moraines Mount Augusta Mount Cook Mount Owen Mount St NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic Society névé night observations peaks Pinnacle system plateau Port Mulgrave portion reached ridge river rocks route rugged Russian sandstone Seward glacier shale shore side slope snow snow-fields southern southward steep stones storm stream Street summit surface tent terrace tion topographic tunnel valley vegetation voyage western westward Yakutat bay Yakutat system