The Creighton Chronicle . agsss =1 OUR LAST FRONTIER. *John F. Mullen <s*c^r^ N climate the second district, known locally as the westward, is somewhat similar to Southeastern Alaska;the precipitation is heavier and the snowfalls inparticular increased. In both districts snow is oftenfollowed by warm rains that soon wash away everyvestige of winter. This is characteristic of the mildwinters of the coastal regions. The westward embraces the territory along theGulf of Alaska from Mount St. Elias to Cooks Inlet and from thecoast to the southern slopes of the Alaskan Range severalhundred mi
The Creighton Chronicle . agsss =1 OUR LAST FRONTIER. *John F. Mullen <s*c^r^ N climate the second district, known locally as the westward, is somewhat similar to Southeastern Alaska;the precipitation is heavier and the snowfalls inparticular increased. In both districts snow is oftenfollowed by warm rains that soon wash away everyvestige of winter. This is characteristic of the mildwinters of the coastal regions. The westward embraces the territory along theGulf of Alaska from Mount St. Elias to Cooks Inlet and from thecoast to the southern slopes of the Alaskan Range severalhundred miles inland. It covers a much larger area than thefirst division. If Southeastern Alaska is interesting to a tourist, the west-ward should be doubly so. The voyage along the exposed coastis replete with natural wonders. Mountains rise to heights be-tween eight and twelve thousand feet. The fields of ice aremore numerous and tremendous in extent. There are rushingrivers of frigid water carrying on the work of ages, slowly sap-ping the life of these glaciers,—remnants of that mass
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