Name/Title
Harriman Alaska Expedition-Glaciers and GlaciationEntry/Object ID
L9999.143.126CDescription
Glaciers and Glaciation is Volume III of the Harriman Alaska Series. This is a reprint of a previous, 1902 publication by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. Chapter I is about Existing Glaciers in Glacier Bay, the La Perouse Glacier, in Yakutat Bay, the College Fiord, The Harriman Fiord and others. Chapter II is about Pleistocene Glaciation: District of Inland Passages, Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula, Unalaska Island , the Bering Sea etc. Chapter III is titled "General Considerations as to Glaciers"--the physical appearance of a glacier, the sculpture, pressure and erosive power of Tidal Glaciers, etc.
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Alaska, Glaciers, Discovery and Exploration, United States, North America, Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899, Native American, EskimoBook Details
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Gilbert, Grove KarlDate Published
1910Call No.
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John Burroughs