The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 48
... marked by special researches and investigations of general interest . As the work of investigation has been entrusted to the professors of the Signal Service , due credit should not be refused them from their own official chief ...
... marked by special researches and investigations of general interest . As the work of investigation has been entrusted to the professors of the Signal Service , due credit should not be refused them from their own official chief ...
Page 86
... marked the beginning of the forest which covered the hills toward the west and southwest . Toward the north rose rugged mountains , their summits shrouded in mist ; in the steep gorges on their sides the ends of glaciers gleamed white ...
... marked the beginning of the forest which covered the hills toward the west and southwest . Toward the north rose rugged mountains , their summits shrouded in mist ; in the steep gorges on their sides the ends of glaciers gleamed white ...
Page 93
... marked along the mountain sides by well - defined terraces , sloping with the present drainage . When the Lucia glacier was at its flood the ridge on which I stood was only 200 or 300 feet above its surface ; now it approaches 1,000 ...
... marked along the mountain sides by well - defined terraces , sloping with the present drainage . When the Lucia glacier was at its flood the ridge on which I stood was only 200 or 300 feet above its surface ; now it approaches 1,000 ...
Page 98
... marked by crevasses and pinnacles of magnificent proportion and beautiful color . This is one of the few glaciers in the St. Elias region that has well - defined medial and lateral moraines . At the bases of the cliffs on the western ...
... marked by crevasses and pinnacles of magnificent proportion and beautiful color . This is one of the few glaciers in the St. Elias region that has well - defined medial and lateral moraines . At the bases of the cliffs on the western ...
Page 100
... marked types of glaciers in view : The small débris - covered ice- streams , too small to reach the water , are typical of a large class of glaciers in southern Alaska , which are slowly wasting away and have become buried beneath ...
... marked types of glaciers in view : The small débris - covered ice- streams , too small to reach the water , are typical of a large class of glaciers in southern Alaska , which are slowly wasting away and have become buried beneath ...
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