Contents and Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Publications of the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . v Proceedings of the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . vii Officers of the Society for 1892 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Members of the Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv {iv} _ILLUSTRATIONS_. Page Plate 1--South America (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2--Sketch Map of Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 3--Map of the St. Elias Region, after La Pérouse . . . . . 59 4--Map of the eastern Shore of Yakutat Bay, after Dixon . 61 5--Map of the St. Elias Region, after Malaspina . . . . . 64 6--Map of Bay de Monti, after Malaspina . . . . . . . . . 64 7--Map of Disenchantment Bay, after Malaspina . . . . . . 67 8--Sketch Map of St. Elias Region, by MARK B. KERR . . . . 74 9--The Hubbard Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 10--Wall of Ice on eastern Side of Atrevida Glacier . . . . 105 11--View on Atrevida Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 12--Entrance of an Ice Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 13--Deltas in an abandoned Lake Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 14--A River on Lucia Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 15--Entrance to a glacial Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 16--View of Malaspina Glacier from Blossom Island . . . . . 120 17--Moraines on Marvine Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 18--View of the Hitchcock Range from near Dome Pass . . . . 144 19--View of Mount St. Elias from Dome Pass . . . . . . . . 146 20--View of Mount St. Elias from Seward Glacier . . . . . . 175 21--Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte (1752) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 RUSSELL: Figure 1--Diagram illustrating the Formation of Icebergs 101 2--View of a glacial Lakelet . . . . . . . . . . 120 3--Section of a glacial Lakelet . . . . . . . . . 120 4--Diagram illustrating the Formation of marginal Crevasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 5--Crevasses near Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . . . . 130 6--Snow Crests on Ridges and Peaks . . . . . . . 143 7--Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . 171 8--Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . 171 {v} PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.