The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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Page 55
... 119 3 - Section of a glacial Lakelet 120 4 - Diagram illustrating the Formation of marginal Crevasses - 128 5 — Crevasses near Pinnacle Pass ; from a Photograph 130 6 - Snow Crests on Ridges and Peaks ; from Field Sketches .
... 119 3 - Section of a glacial Lakelet 120 4 - Diagram illustrating the Formation of marginal Crevasses - 128 5 — Crevasses near Pinnacle Pass ; from a Photograph 130 6 - Snow Crests on Ridges and Peaks ; from Field Sketches .
Page 88
... rolled shoreward , sent a sheet of foam roaring and rushing up the beach and creeping nearer and nearer to our shelter until only a few inches intervened between the highwater line and the crest of the sand bank that protected us .
... rolled shoreward , sent a sheet of foam roaring and rushing up the beach and creeping nearer and nearer to our shelter until only a few inches intervened between the highwater line and the crest of the sand bank that protected us .
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T the rurved crests of nearer ranges , many of which would have been counted magnificent mountains in a less rugged land . This was the first view of the great peak obtained by any of our party . Not a cloud obscured the defination of ...
T the rurved crests of nearer ranges , many of which would have been counted magnificent mountains in a less rugged land . This was the first view of the great peak obtained by any of our party . Not a cloud obscured the defination of ...
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The crest of the cliff is formed of debris , and is the edge of the sheet of stones and earth covering the general surface of the glacier . Owing to the constant melting , stones and bowlders are continually loosened to rattle down the ...
The crest of the cliff is formed of debris , and is the edge of the sheet of stones and earth covering the general surface of the glacier . Owing to the constant melting , stones and bowlders are continually loosened to rattle down the ...
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