The Geographical Journal, Volume 68Royal Geographical Society, 1926 - Electronic journals Includes the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, formerly published separately. |
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... rock which appears , from specimens taken at an elevation of 18,500 feet , to be chiefly biotite - diorite gneiss . The north and south walls present continuous precipitous cliffs of sheer rock so steep that no snow can lodge upon them ...
... rock which appears , from specimens taken at an elevation of 18,500 feet , to be chiefly biotite - diorite gneiss . The north and south walls present continuous precipitous cliffs of sheer rock so steep that no snow can lodge upon them ...
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... Rock stood out a sheer tower 600 feet from the level surface of the bed of the river , and beyond and to the left the Hawkins and Barnard glaciers came down to the edge of the valley with very broken surfaces . Beyond and straight up ...
... Rock stood out a sheer tower 600 feet from the level surface of the bed of the river , and beyond and to the left the Hawkins and Barnard glaciers came down to the edge of the valley with very broken surfaces . Beyond and straight up ...
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... rock and ice ; they show the sweeping curve of the King Glacier , and those from Mount Elias reveal the very summit of the glacier directly below the steep cliffs of King Peak , but of the intervening reaches , and whether they ended ...
... rock and ice ; they show the sweeping curve of the King Glacier , and those from Mount Elias reveal the very summit of the glacier directly below the steep cliffs of King Peak , but of the intervening reaches , and whether they ended ...
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... rock for the first time since leaving Quartz Ridge— and returned under a leaden sky in the dim mountain twilight to Windy Camp . June 21 Sunday , and a day not of holy calm but of fiendish storm . The worst blizzard so far encountered ...
... rock for the first time since leaving Quartz Ridge— and returned under a leaden sky in the dim mountain twilight to Windy Camp . June 21 Sunday , and a day not of holy calm but of fiendish storm . The worst blizzard so far encountered ...
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... rocks , dangling our feet over the edge of the steep slopes which dropped away towards the south , right to the surface of the Seward Glacier , thousands of feet below . We nibbled at our " iron rations " disinterestedly , anxious only ...
... rocks , dangling our feet over the edge of the steep slopes which dropped away towards the south , right to the surface of the Seward Glacier , thousands of feet below . We nibbled at our " iron rations " disinterestedly , anxious only ...
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Page 367 - When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent.
Page iv - All Subscriptions are payable in advance, on the 1st of January in each year. The privileges of a Fellow include admission (with one Friend) to all ordinary Meetings of the Society, and the use of the Society's House, Library and Map-room. Each Fellow is also entitled to receive a copy of all the Society's Periodical Publications. Copies of the Year Book, Regulations, and Candidates' Certificates may be had on application at the Society's House, Kensington Gore, London, SW 7.
Page 376 - The above various special studies were, however, of no importance compared with the habit of energetic industry and of concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged in, which I then acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen and was likely to see; and this habit of mind was continued during the five years of the voyage.
Page iv - ... exploration. Candidates for admission into the Society must be proposed and seconded by Fellows, and it is necessary that the description and residence of such candidates should be clearly stated on their Certificates. It is provided by Chapter V...
Page 269 - No drearier task can be set for the worst of criminals than that of studying a set of geographical text-books such as the children in our schools are doomed to use.
Page 454 - Mungo Park 1795 and Richard Lander 1830, who traced the course of the Niger from near its source to the sea. Both died in Africa for Africa.
Page 194 - Governor before they were carried out of the house. Later, in October, 1624, he begged for the loan of a further journal, and this was accorded upon his giving a receipt for it and undertaking to return it without undue delay. It is time now to look at the work itself. According to the original plan, the first...
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Page 162 - Illustrations. 30j. net. In the extract from the preface of the first edition we read that this volume " is intended to cover the requirements in Geology as now defined for Engineering, Mining and Agricultural Schools and Colleges." The subject-matter is treated in the conventional way, and is clearly and interestingly presented. The volume covers a wide range of subjects, and this is perhaps its main disadvantage, because it naturally follows that the treatment is often rather dogmatic. We agree...