The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 73
Previous Attempts to Scale St. Elias . 73 The camp hands were John Dalton , Joseph Woods , and several Indian packers . * From Icy bay the expedition proceeded inland , for about six- teen miles , in a line leading nearly due north ...
Previous Attempts to Scale St. Elias . 73 The camp hands were John Dalton , Joseph Woods , and several Indian packers . * From Icy bay the expedition proceeded inland , for about six- teen miles , in a line leading nearly due north ...
Page 76
... hands . The foreman of this force was J. H. Christie , of Seattle , who had spent the previous winter in charge of an ex- pedition in the Olympian mountains , and was well versed in all that pertains to frontier life . The other camp hands ...
... hands . The foreman of this force was J. H. Christie , of Seattle , who had spent the previous winter in charge of an ex- pedition in the Olympian mountains , and was well versed in all that pertains to frontier life . The other camp hands ...
Page 80
... hand , along the shore to the southward , there are two log houses , one of which is used at present as a mission by Reverend Carl J. Hendriksen and his assistant , the other being occupied as a trading post by Sitka merchants . The ...
... hand , along the shore to the southward , there are two log houses , one of which is used at present as a mission by Reverend Carl J. Hendriksen and his assistant , the other being occupied as a trading post by Sitka merchants . The ...
Page 82
... hands except two , went on with the canoes , and in a few hours reached the entrance of Dis- enchantment bay . They found a camping place about twelve miles ahead , on a narrow strip of shingle beneath the precipices of Point Esperanza ...
... hands except two , went on with the canoes , and in a few hours reached the entrance of Dis- enchantment bay . They found a camping place about twelve miles ahead , on a narrow strip of shingle beneath the precipices of Point Esperanza ...
Page 86
... hands were kept busy . A base - line was measured by Mr. Kerr , and a be- ginning was made in the development of a system of triangu- lation which was carried on throughout the season . Our stay at the camp on the shore extended over a ...
... hands were kept busy . A base - line was measured by Mr. Kerr , and a be- ginning was made in the development of a system of triangu- lation which was carried on throughout the season . Our stay at the camp on the shore extended over a ...
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Agassiz glacier Alaska Amazon appears avalanches base beneath Bering Bering island Bering's Blossom island border camp canoe carts chart Coast and Geodetic crest crevasses débris dense Disenchantment bay eastern elevation Elias range Elias region expedition exploration feet flows formed Geodetic Survey GEOG Geological Survey glacial Haenke island height Hitchcock range ice-streams Icy bay indicated Kamshatka Kerr l'Isle l'Isle's lake land longitude lower Lucia glacier Malaspina glacier margin Marvine glacier melting miles moraines Mount Augusta Mount Cook Mount Owen Mount St NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic Society névé night observations peaks Pinnacle system plateau Port Mulgrave portion reached ridge river rocks route rugged Russian sandstone Seward glacier shale shore side slope snow snow-fields southern southward steep stones storm stream Street summit surface tent terrace tion topographic tunnel valley vegetation voyage western westward Yakutat bay Yakutat system