The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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... Alaska and its towering peaks is due to the pen of the naturalist of the Behring Expedition in July 1741 , who wrote : " The land was at this place very lofty and a range of mountains was observed of such altitude that it could be seen ...
... Alaska and its towering peaks is due to the pen of the naturalist of the Behring Expedition in July 1741 , who wrote : " The land was at this place very lofty and a range of mountains was observed of such altitude that it could be seen ...
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... Alaska . He named it for the founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada , Sir William Logan , and estimated its height with remarkable accuracy at 19,500 ft . On a second attempt the Russell party reached an altitude ...
... Alaska . He named it for the founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada , Sir William Logan , and estimated its height with remarkable accuracy at 19,500 ft . On a second attempt the Russell party reached an altitude ...
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... Alaska and the Yukon . It is still a field where there are no explored routes and no well trained guides in the Swiss sense . Every mountaineer must be his own guide and , unless possessed of very ample means , his own beast of burden ...
... Alaska and the Yukon . It is still a field where there are no explored routes and no well trained guides in the Swiss sense . Every mountaineer must be his own guide and , unless possessed of very ample means , his own beast of burden ...
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... cheery self - sacrificing manner did much to relieve tension created by the long continued and almost unbearable conditions of cold and fatigue . GROUP TAKEN AT MCCARTHY , ALASKA , MAY 11TH , 10 Canadian Alpine Journal.
... cheery self - sacrificing manner did much to relieve tension created by the long continued and almost unbearable conditions of cold and fatigue . GROUP TAKEN AT MCCARTHY , ALASKA , MAY 11TH , 10 Canadian Alpine Journal.
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GROUP TAKEN AT MCCARTHY , ALASKA , MAY 11TH , 1925 L. to R.:-Reed , Carpe , Foster , MacCarthy , Hall , Taylor , Morgan , Lambart The intense disappointment of reaching the first summit and then.
GROUP TAKEN AT MCCARTHY , ALASKA , MAY 11TH , 1925 L. to R.:-Reed , Carpe , Foster , MacCarthy , Hall , Taylor , Morgan , Lambart The intense disappointment of reaching the first summit and then.
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Page 16 - come now to the two splendid records of the Russell expedition of 1890 and 1891. These, under the joint auspices of the National Geographic Society and the United States Geological Survey, were instrumental in adding greatly to our knowledge of the country. Russell's exhaustive studies
Page 27 - 16 miles from east to west and 8 miles from north to south, and
Page 127 - in the belief that the pass north of it was the true source of the North Thompson River. Northward of this pass gleamed an
Page 90 - In strong wind the snow blows up from the ground and fills the air with ice crystals, forming an intransparent layer many
Page 90 - away disappear in the drifting snow. In such weather it is difficult and dangerous to move about.
Page 127 - obviously monarch of the range. "The dominant feature of the scene was the magnificent mountain which the
Page 90 - thick; it is often possible to see the blue sky at zenith, while objects only a few