The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 85
... beneath vegetation or covered with snow , is a cold gray . Bright , warın , summer skies are needed to reveal the variety and beauty of that forbidding region . Our large canoe behaved well , although heavily loaded . Some- times the ...
... beneath vegetation or covered with snow , is a cold gray . Bright , warın , summer skies are needed to reveal the variety and beauty of that forbidding region . Our large canoe behaved well , although heavily loaded . Some- times the ...
Page 86
... beneath . A little way back from the shore , clumps of alders , in- terspersed with spruce trees , marked the beginning of the forest which covered the hills toward the west and southwest . Toward the north rose rugged mountains , their ...
... beneath . A little way back from the shore , clumps of alders , in- terspersed with spruce trees , marked the beginning of the forest which covered the hills toward the west and southwest . Toward the north rose rugged mountains , their ...
Page 89
... beneath forest- covered débris . In the bottom of the kettle - like depression lay a pond of muddy water , and , as the ice - cliffs about the lakelet melted in the warm sunlight , miniature avalanches of ice and stones , mingled with ...
... beneath forest- covered débris . In the bottom of the kettle - like depression lay a pond of muddy water , and , as the ice - cliffs about the lakelet melted in the warm sunlight , miniature avalanches of ice and stones , mingled with ...
Page 90
... beneath an arch- way formed by the end of a glacial tunnel , and its further course was lost to view . It was a strange sight to see a swift , foaming river burst from beneath overhanging ice - cliffs , roar along over a bowlder ...
... beneath an arch- way formed by the end of a glacial tunnel , and its further course was lost to view . It was a strange sight to see a swift , foaming river burst from beneath overhanging ice - cliffs , roar along over a bowlder ...
Page 91
... beneath the dense tangle of vegetation overhanging from either bank and interlacing in the center . On nearing the top I was so fortunate as to strike a bear trail , along which the animal had forced his way through the bushes , making ...
... beneath the dense tangle of vegetation overhanging from either bank and interlacing in the center . On nearing the top I was so fortunate as to strike a bear trail , along which the animal had forced his way through the bushes , making ...
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