An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, AlaskaRussell, Israel C. (Cook)
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An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska
Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
Alaska -- Description and travel; Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon)
Floral hills, brief account of, 105, 108
-- pass, brief account of, 105, 108, 110
Formations of the St. Elias region, 167
Fossils at Pinnacle pass, 140
-- description of Yakutat system, 172
Fossil plants, Report on, by Lester F. Ward, 199, 200
Gabbro on the Marvine glacier, 123
Galiano, Don Dionisio Alcala, Mention of, 63
Galiano glacier, Visit to, 89, 90
Gannett, Henry, Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
-- Instructions from, 194
Geology of the St. Elias region, 167, 190, 191, 174
Geological Survey, Instructions from, 192, 193, 194
Gilbert, G. K., Instructions from, 192, 193
Glacial currents, 187
-- river, best example of, 183
-- streams, 183, 184
Glacier bay, mention of, 67
Glaciers in Disenchantment bay in 1792, 64, 65, 97
-- -- -- -- observed by Malaspina, 64, 65
-- -- -- -- -- -- Puget, 67, 68
-- of the St. Elias region, 176
-- west of Icy bay, 187
Greely, A. W., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
Guides, use of in ascending St. Elias, 166
Guyot glacier named, 73
Haenke, D. Tadeo, Haenke island named for, 65
-- island, Condition of, when seen by Malaspina, 63, 64, 65, 97
-- -- visit to, 96, 103
Hayden, Dr. F. V., glacier named for, 108
Hayden, Everett, Contributions to exploration fund by, 75
Hayden glacier, Brief account of, 108, 110, 111
Hays, J. W., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
Height and position of St. Elias, 189, 190
Hendriksen, Reverend Carl J., mention of, 80, 83
Hitchcock, Professor Edward, range named for, 112
-- range, brief account of, 112
-- -- from Pinnacle pass, 133
-- -- structure of, 118
Hooper, Captain C. L., Navigation of Disenchantment bay, 56, 100
Hosmer, E. S., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
-- return of, 83
--, volunteer assistant, 76
Hubbard, Gardiner G., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
--, glacier named for, 99
Hubbard glacier, brief description of, 99
Icebergs, Formation of, 98, 99, 101, 102
-- in Yakutat bay, description of, 87
Ice tunnels, 184
Instructions from Geological Survey, 192, 193, 194
-- -- National Geographic Society, 194
Irving, Professor R. D., Mountain named for, 144
Johnson, Willard D., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
-- exploration planned by, 75
Judd, J. G., Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
Jungen, Ensign C. W., Mention of, 81
Kerr, Mark B., assigned as an assistant, 75
-- report on topographic work, 193
Khantaak island, village on, 79, 80
King, Harry, Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
Knapp, Hon. Lyman E., Mention of, 79
Knight island, scenery near, 83
-- -- named by Puget, 68
Knowlton, F. H., Report on fossil plants, 199, 200
_L'Astrolabe_, Mention of, 58
_La Boussole_, Mention of, 58
Lake Castani, Named, 73
Lakelets on the glaciers, 119, 120
Lakes, Abandoned beds of, near Blossom island, 116
La Pérouse, J. F. S., Explorations of, 58, 60
Leach, Boynton, Contribution to exploration fund by, 75
Libbey, Professor William, explorations by, 72, 73
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