. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. FAIRWEATHER AND LA PEROUSE 53 folds up the turf. This, of course, showed that quite re- cently the glacier had had a period of advance or aug- mentation and had encroached upon its banks. We stopped an hour in front of it and put a party ashore, but they learned little that could not be divined from the ship. -=_—- _ „ yWiM0JMit% PP. WEST END OF LA PEROUSE GLACIER. They found a heavy surf running, and did not get through it on their return without an acquaintance with the Pacific more intimate than agreeable. All day long we were in sight o
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. FAIRWEATHER AND LA PEROUSE 53 folds up the turf. This, of course, showed that quite re- cently the glacier had had a period of advance or aug- mentation and had encroached upon its banks. We stopped an hour in front of it and put a party ashore, but they learned little that could not be divined from the ship. -=_—- _ „ yWiM0JMit% PP. WEST END OF LA PEROUSE GLACIER. They found a heavy surf running, and did not get through it on their return without an acquaintance with the Pacific more intimate than agreeable. All day long we were in sight of glaciers, usually two or three at a time, some of them immense, all the offspring of the great Fairweather Range. Now and then the back of one some miles inland would show above a low wooded ridge, a line of white above an expanse of black, like the crest of a river about to overflow its banks. One broad ice slope I recall which,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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