. Shores and Alps of Alaska . agsof St. Elias himself. We soon turned the corner of the range ofhills which had offered such an obstacle to the right lay two lakes of muddy water ofconsiderable extent, which were possibly the re-servoirs which had become dammed up and hadthen burst. For nearly two hours longer piles ofloose stones were crossed, and the centre of theSt. Elias south-west glacier was reached at This we named the Great Tyndall Glacier. About the centre of it my boots gave out,though I had chosen what I thought were thestrongest pair for the last few marches. Our AT
. Shores and Alps of Alaska . agsof St. Elias himself. We soon turned the corner of the range ofhills which had offered such an obstacle to the right lay two lakes of muddy water ofconsiderable extent, which were possibly the re-servoirs which had become dammed up and hadthen burst. For nearly two hours longer piles ofloose stones were crossed, and the centre of theSt. Elias south-west glacier was reached at This we named the Great Tyndall Glacier. About the centre of it my boots gave out,though I had chosen what I thought were thestrongest pair for the last few marches. Our AT THE BASE OF MOUNT ST. ELIAS. 99 Indians seemed vastly amused to s:ee a smallbox of tacks appear from one of their packs,while we mended the refractory hoots with thetongue cut out of another boot. At we left the ice and camped on thelast bare slopes anywhere visible, putting up acovey of ptarmigan from it. We were desirous ofpressing on and of camping on the ice within adavs reach of the summit, but the Indians moc-. Mount Cook (16,000 feet) from the Tyndall Glacier. casins were again worn completely through, whilethey would in any case from superstitious dreadhave refused to proceed further. If the morning turns out fine we intend to startat three oclock, and, to lose no time, have madeup our packs, including two days provisions and asuit of clothing to wear over the others at night;some Esquimaux coats and hoods of reindeerskin, thirty-five yards of rope, two ice-axes, onealpenstock, one mercurial mountain barometer, one ioo SHORES AND ALPS OF ALASKA. aneroid, one hypsonieter, several compasses (oneprismatic), two thermometers, and one Indians go no farther, the final attack onMount St. Elias now devolves upon the whitemen. ( ioi ) CHAPTER V. The Ascent of Mount St. Elias—Dangerous Crevasses—We are Roped—The Ascent—I reach 6800 Feet over Snow-line—A Bear closeto Camp—A Description of the Mountain—The Return to IcyBay—Quicksands—Three
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