. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. From IMokass to the Concordia Ani))hitlicatrc. 211 Aksku. The ice pyramids poised 011 the margin of these little lakesare dazzlingly reflected in the translucent water ; or where the basinhas been emptied the adjacent ice pyramid appears to have added thewhole depth to its own height. In other places we look through fissuresinto large caverns filled with water up to various levels. Godwin Austenmade a special study of these spherical reservoirs, noticing outlets up
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. From IMokass to the Concordia Ani))hitlicatrc. 211 Aksku. The ice pyramids poised 011 the margin of these little lakesare dazzlingly reflected in the translucent water ; or where the basinhas been emptied the adjacent ice pyramid appears to have added thewhole depth to its own height. In other places we look through fissuresinto large caverns filled with water up to various levels. Godwin Austenmade a special study of these spherical reservoirs, noticing outlets upontheir walls, some of which reached the proportions of real tunnels. OPENING OF A RESERVOIR. traversed by endo-glacial torrents. I must mention also thesymmetrical conical hillocks on wide bases, entirely covered withdetritus, which reach sometimes a height of 300 feet. The Workmans,who observed similar hillocks on the Hispar, attribute them to thrustsacting concentrically from different directions. But Dr. Cesare Caiciatiand Dr. Mathias Koncza, who accompanied the Workmans upon theirlast expedition, think they are due to irregular surface melting. Wedid not get sufficient data to conclude in favour of eitlier our way down from the median moraine to the right half of theglacier we crossed a moraine streak of white marbles coming from thelast glacier on this side of the valley near the Concordia basin. Beyond (9221) o 2 21 i Chapter XI I. this point the granite )) again. Here we also found scatteredpebbles worn to varying degrees of roundness. Jiittle by little the weather improved. Though the sky did notquite clear and light mists w
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