The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 56
... steep bluffs and forms pictur- esque mountains , snow - capped the year round . These high- lands , although truly mountainous in their proportions , are but the foot - hills of still nobler uplifts immediately northward . The bay ...
... steep bluffs and forms pictur- esque mountains , snow - capped the year round . These high- lands , although truly mountainous in their proportions , are but the foot - hills of still nobler uplifts immediately northward . The bay ...
Page 57
... steep southward - facing bluffs . This escarpment is formed of stratified sandstones and shales , and owes its origin to the upheaval of the rocks along a line of frac- ture . In other words , it is a gigantic fault scarp . The gravel ...
... steep southward - facing bluffs . This escarpment is formed of stratified sandstones and shales , and owes its origin to the upheaval of the rocks along a line of frac- ture . In other words , it is a gigantic fault scarp . The gravel ...
Page 82
... present , as is shown by a terrace cut along the base of the mountains at that elevation . The steep mountain face ex- Our First Camp . 83 tending northwestward from Camp 1 82 I. C. Russell - Expedition to Mount St. Elias .
... present , as is shown by a terrace cut along the base of the mountains at that elevation . The steep mountain face ex- Our First Camp . 83 tending northwestward from Camp 1 82 I. C. Russell - Expedition to Mount St. Elias .
Page 83
... steep inclination and shattered condition of the rocks along this line are evidently due to the crushing which accompanied the displacement . In the wild gorge above our first camp , a small glacier was found descending to within 500 ...
... steep inclination and shattered condition of the rocks along this line are evidently due to the crushing which accompanied the displacement . In the wild gorge above our first camp , a small glacier was found descending to within 500 ...
Page 86
... steep gorges on their sides the ends of glaciers gleamed white , like foaming cataracts descending from cloudland . The day following our arrival dawned bright and beautiful . Every cloud vanished from the mountains as by magic , reveal ...
... steep gorges on their sides the ends of glaciers gleamed white , like foaming cataracts descending from cloudland . The day following our arrival dawned bright and beautiful . Every cloud vanished from the mountains as by magic , reveal ...
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