. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. THE VIGNE GLACIER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES OF THE LEFT There was a Ughtening of the atmosphere in the west, and we couldtell that we had reached the level of the mouth of the Yigne little farther on, where the end of its right-hand spur abuts on thevalley, we made oui camji, yielding to the importunities of the coolies,who were tired and discouraged with the bad weather. A littleafterwards we were joined by five coohes from Rdokass, who broughtus post a
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. THE VIGNE GLACIER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES OF THE LEFT There was a Ughtening of the atmosphere in the west, and we couldtell that we had reached the level of the mouth of the Yigne little farther on, where the end of its right-hand spur abuts on thevalley, we made oui camji, yielding to the importunities of the coolies,who were tired and discouraged with the bad weather. A littleafterwards we were joined by five coohes from Rdokass, who broughtus post and provisions, and stayed the night with us. July 7th was cloudy, foggy and snowy, hke the preceding day. Wewent on to the camp at the foot of Golden Throne, seeing nothing allthe way except the stones we walked on where these were not coveredwith snow. The glacier was heaved up in waves right and left of us,as far as the foot of the lateral spius of the valley. For this stretch (9221) T 3 294 ChapUT XVI. the reader should look at panoramas N and K. As we neared the footof Golden Throne the median moraine spread out like a f
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