The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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Page 15
... stretch for miles along the coast in both directions . Historical Sketch At the outset a short historical sketch of the Mt. Logan region would seem in place before dealing with its physcal features The earliest recorded facts of the ...
... stretch for miles along the coast in both directions . Historical Sketch At the outset a short historical sketch of the Mt. Logan region would seem in place before dealing with its physcal features The earliest recorded facts of the ...
Page 17
... stretch of the Malaspina , Abruzzi reached the summit by the Nutan Glacier and Russell Col on the 31st day of July ... stretching across the northern horizon and separated from the Elias system by the Seward and Columbus glaciers ...
... stretch of the Malaspina , Abruzzi reached the summit by the Nutan Glacier and Russell Col on the 31st day of July ... stretching across the northern horizon and separated from the Elias system by the Seward and Columbus glaciers ...
Page 18
... stretch of the International Boundary of eighty - five miles is nowhere marked upon the ground . This short description , however , of the delimitation of the boundary line and the triangulation work necessary tells only half the story ...
... stretch of the International Boundary of eighty - five miles is nowhere marked upon the ground . This short description , however , of the delimitation of the boundary line and the triangulation work necessary tells only half the story ...
Page 18
... stretch of country lying directly south of the White River Valley by ascending some of the peaks forming a fringe on the southern side of the valley . This range , though comparatively low , its highest peak being Mt. Natazhat ( 13,440 ...
... stretch of country lying directly south of the White River Valley by ascending some of the peaks forming a fringe on the southern side of the valley . This range , though comparatively low , its highest peak being Mt. Natazhat ( 13,440 ...
Page 18
... stretches of the hill sides . During the summer months they make their way up along the margins of the ice and have been seen fifty miles above the foot of the glacier by members of the Boundary Survey in 1913 . The brown and black bear ...
... stretches of the hill sides . During the summer months they make their way up along the margins of the ice and have been seen fifty miles above the foot of the glacier by members of the Boundary Survey in 1913 . The brown and black bear ...
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A. H. MacCarthy a.m. Cascade Camp advance base camp Alaska Alpine Club altitude American Alpine Club Andy aneroid ascent of Mt back-packing Baldwin Glacier Bivouac Peak cache camera Canadian Rockies Canyon Carpe Chitina Glacier Chitina River Chitina Valley cliffs climb Club of Canada crampons crevasses Devil's Door dog teams Double Peak elevation Elias equipment Everest feet Foster gorge H. F. Lambart heavy Hubrick Camp June King Col Camp King Glacier King Peak Lake O'Hara loads Logan Expedition Logan Glacier McCarthy miles Minimum overnight moraine Mount Logan mountain névé night Ogilvie Glacier outfit p.m. Camp party photographs Photos pounds Quartz Ridge range reached relay rock rope route séracs Seward Glacier sheep side sleds slopes snow shoes steep storm stream stretches summit of Mt supply temperature tent timber Trail End trip Walsh Glacier weather willow wind Windy Camp woods Yakutat Bay Yukon
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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