The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 100
... crevasses which penetrate them in every direction , or tracing in fancy the strange history of the silent river and won- dering in what age the snows fell on the mountains , which are now returning to their parent , the sea , one is ...
... crevasses which penetrate them in every direction , or tracing in fancy the strange history of the silent river and won- dering in what age the snows fell on the mountains , which are now returning to their parent , the sea , one is ...
Page 100
... crevasses become filled with débris , the melting of the adjacent surfaces had caused them to stand in relief and form ridges of loose stones , which were exceedingly troublesome to the traveler . Near the western side of the Lucia ...
... crevasses become filled with débris , the melting of the adjacent surfaces had caused them to stand in relief and form ridges of loose stones , which were exceedingly troublesome to the traveler . Near the western side of the Lucia ...
Page 107
... crevasses , we at length came in sight of the forests on the extremity of the moun- tain spur toward the west , and concluded to camp there until the weather was more favorable . We climbed the bare slope bordering the glacier , and ...
... crevasses , we at length came in sight of the forests on the extremity of the moun- tain spur toward the west , and concluded to camp there until the weather was more favorable . We climbed the bare slope bordering the glacier , and ...
Page 115
... crevasses , and many other details peculiar to glaciers . From its extremity , which is dark with dirt and stones , there flows a stream of turbid water . It is , in fact , a miniature similitude of the ice - streams on the neighboring ...
... crevasses , and many other details peculiar to glaciers . From its extremity , which is dark with dirt and stones , there flows a stream of turbid water . It is , in fact , a miniature similitude of the ice - streams on the neighboring ...
Page 121
... crevasses , many of which are filled with clear , blue water . Over hundreds of square miles the surface appears as if a giant plow had passed over it , leaving the ice furrowed with crevasses . The crevasses are not broad ; usually one ...
... crevasses , many of which are filled with clear , blue water . Over hundreds of square miles the surface appears as if a giant plow had passed over it , leaving the ice furrowed with crevasses . The crevasses are not broad ; usually one ...
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