The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 39
... field . The Mount St. Elias expedition , under the leadership of Mr. I. C. Russell with Mr. Mark B. Kerr as topographer , left Seattle , Washington , in June last , and after spending more than two months on the mountain sides , one ...
... field . The Mount St. Elias expedition , under the leadership of Mr. I. C. Russell with Mr. Mark B. Kerr as topographer , left Seattle , Washington , in June last , and after spending more than two months on the mountain sides , one ...
Page 40
... field and for assistance rendered in the organization ; and we may hope the substantial results that have been secured will prove as pleasing to that great national work as they are to your board of managers . Washington , January 23 ...
... field and for assistance rendered in the organization ; and we may hope the substantial results that have been secured will prove as pleasing to that great national work as they are to your board of managers . Washington , January 23 ...
Page 55
... Field Sketches .. 143 7 - Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass . 171 8 - Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass 172 INTRODUCTION . THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ALASKA . The southern coast of Alaska is remarkable for the regularity of its general ...
... Field Sketches .. 143 7 - Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass . 171 8 - Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass 172 INTRODUCTION . THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ALASKA . The southern coast of Alaska is remarkable for the regularity of its general ...
Page 65
... fields of floating ice at the mouth of Glacier bay were much more extensive a hundred years ago than at present ; but they do not show where the glaciers of that region formerly terminated . After the return of the Chatham's boats from ...
... fields of floating ice at the mouth of Glacier bay were much more extensive a hundred years ago than at present ; but they do not show where the glaciers of that region formerly terminated . After the return of the Chatham's boats from ...
Page 71
... field of buried ice . Almost everywhere nothing is visible but bowlders , dirt and gravel ; but at the time mentioned , back of the bight between Point Manby and Nearer Point , for a space of several square miles the coverlid of dirt ...
... field of buried ice . Almost everywhere nothing is visible but bowlders , dirt and gravel ; but at the time mentioned , back of the bight between Point Manby and Nearer Point , for a space of several square miles the coverlid of dirt ...
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