The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 89
... steep gorge in the hills beyond , down which a small glacier flowed , suggested that it might be an ancient moraine , deposited at a time when the ice- stream advanced farther than at present . My surprise therefore was great when ...
... steep gorge in the hills beyond , down which a small glacier flowed , suggested that it might be an ancient moraine , deposited at a time when the ice- stream advanced farther than at present . My surprise therefore was great when ...
Page 90
... steep mountain - side supporting a dense growth of vegetation . Here and there , however , streams of water plunge down the slope , making a chain of foaming cascades , and open- ing the way through the vegetation . It seemed ...
... steep mountain - side supporting a dense growth of vegetation . Here and there , however , streams of water plunge down the slope , making a chain of foaming cascades , and open- ing the way through the vegetation . It seemed ...
Page 91
... steep slope in such a manner that at times it was utterly impossible to force a way through them . Much of the way I crawled on hands and knees up the steep watercourse beneath the dense tangle of vegetation overhanging from either bank ...
... steep slope in such a manner that at times it was utterly impossible to force a way through them . Much of the way I crawled on hands and knees up the steep watercourse beneath the dense tangle of vegetation overhanging from either bank ...
Page 92
... steep - sloped ridge , the Atrevida and Lucia gla- ciers , their surfaces covered from side to side with angular masses of sandstone and shale , lay at my feet ; while farther up the valley the débris on the surface of the ice ...
... steep - sloped ridge , the Atrevida and Lucia gla- ciers , their surfaces covered from side to side with angular masses of sandstone and shale , lay at my feet ; while farther up the valley the débris on the surface of the ice ...
Page 94
... steep mountain slope on one side and a glacier on the other , made the route seem uncanny . On the sands filling the spaces between the bowlders there were many fresh bear tracks , which at least suggested that the belated tray- eler ...
... steep mountain slope on one side and a glacier on the other , made the route seem uncanny . On the sands filling the spaces between the bowlders there were many fresh bear tracks , which at least suggested that the belated tray- eler ...
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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