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— — —, height of,

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— — —, view from,

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— —, description of,

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,

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— — named,

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— system, description of rocks of,

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— — named,

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Pinta

, mention of the,

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Phipps, C. J., Port Mulgrave named for,

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Plants on Blossom island,

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Point Esperanza, Camp at,

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,

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— Glorious, named,

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— Riou, Mention of,

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Port Mulgrave,

56

— — named by Dixon,

60

Powell, J. W., Contribution to exploration fund by,

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Powell, William B., Contribution to exploration fund by,

75

Puerto del Desengaño, Mention of,

56

Puget, Peter, Explorations of,

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,

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Pyramid harbor, Mention of,

78

Queen Charlotte

, Mention of the,

60

—, voyage on the,

78

,

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Rations,

164

Report on sands from Yakutat bay by J. Stanley-Brown,

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Rivers, Glacial,

183

Rope cliff, named,

149

Route (new), suggested,

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,

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Russell, Israel C., Contribution to exploration fund by,

75

Salmon (and trout) fishing,

162

Sands, Auriferous from Yakutat bay,

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Schwatka, Lieutenant Frederick, explorations by,

72

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Serpentine on the Marvine glacier,

123

Seton-Karr, H. W., explorations of,

72

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Seward glacier, crevasses on,

133

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— — crossing of,

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— — description of,

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Seward, Hon. W. H., Glacier named for,

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Sitka, arrival at,

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Snow crests, figures of,

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— line, description of Alpine glaciers above,

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— — — — — — below,

183

Snow line, elevation of,

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— on mountain crests,

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Soundings in Disenchantment bay,

56

Stamy, Thomas, Member of expedition,

76

— Work of,

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Stanley-Brown, J., Report on sands from Yakutat bay,

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St. Elias described by La Pérouse,

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—, discovery of, by Bering,

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—, first full view of,

135

—, view of,

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92

—, height and position of,

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— — — — —, by Tebenkof,

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— — — of, determined by La Pérouse,

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— — — — — Malaspina,

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— range, age of,

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— —, character of peaks of,

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— region, glaciers of,

176

— schist, description of rocks of,

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—, suggested new route to,

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— uplift,

190

Stein, Robert, translations by,

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65

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66

Strait of Annan,

56

Structure,

174

Swiss guides in Alaskan exploration,

166

Sulphur

, Mention of the,

69

Taku glacier, Mention of,

78

— inlet, Visit to,

78

Tebenkof, Captain, Notes on Alaska by,

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Terrace on northern shore of Yakutat bay,

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— point, Brief account of,

106

Thompson, Gilbert, Contribution to exploration fund by,

75

Tide-water glaciers defined,

101

Topographic work, Report on,

195

Topham, Edwin, Explorations by,

73

,

74

Topham, W. H., explorations by,

73

,

74

— reference to map by,

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Triangulation, Commencement of,

86

Tunnels in the ice,

184

Tyndall glacier, Named,

73

Tyndall, J., cited on marginal crevasses,

127

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, explorations of,

70

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72

Vancouver, Captain George, Explorations by,

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Veratrum viride

, Mention of,

114

Ward, Lester F., Report on fossil plants,

199

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White, Thomas, Member of expedition,

76

—, Work of

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,

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Willis, Baily, contribution to exploration fund by,

75

Williams, C. A., contribution to exploration fund by,

75

Williams, William, explorations by,

73

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Yakutat bay, Arrival at,

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