Author: H. W. Seton-Karr

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780267928408

Excerpt from The Alpine Regions of Alaska Lieut. Seton-karr above the sea-level did not equal that of the summits of Elbruz above the Caucasian snow-level; and the pretensions of the New York newspaper with regard to this ascent must therefore be dismissed. He wished to ask Lieut. Seton-kerr if there was any chance of an explorer being able to cross the Indian pass from Dry Bay and get round by the lakes north of Mount St. Elias to the forks of the Copper river near Mount Wrangel? Such a tour, combined with the ascents of Mount St. Elias and Mount Wrangel, would probably be the most interesting mountain excursion possible in North America. He regretted very much that, owing to the non-arrival of the photographs that Lieut. Seton-karr expected, he had been unable to illustrate his paper with the lantern. He hoped that mountain travellers in future would take photographic machines with them and make good use of them. It was a very easy thing to do. He had himself carried Mr. Denkin's camera nearly up Mont Blanc, and every one knew what superb plates Mr. Donkin produced. With regard to the accessibility of the region described in the paper, he had recently received an illustrated pamphlet, published by the Northern Pacific Railroad, and written by Lieut. Schwatka.* It contained a promising account of the facilities soon to be afforded to travellers. It was in contemplation to build an hotel at Glacier Bay, close to Mounts Crillon and Fairweather, and to run excursion steamers from Sitka to Icy Bay. When travellers frequented these coasts the weather promised to be as great a tepic of conversation on Alaskan steamers as it was at Swiss table d'hotes. The rainfall at Sitka was 85 inches, but there were said to be 100 fine days in the year. At Glacier Bay, Mr. Wright, in August, out of 29 days, had 14, or nearly half, beautiful beyond description. The witnesses were very contradictory, for another officer described the weather as boisterous winds chronic, and howling gales frequent. Mr. Seward, on the contrary, thought the climate was infinitely superior to that of Northern Germany but he was a politician, and not a disinterested one (for he had had a share in the purchase of Alaska), and therefore was politically biassed, and could hardly be expected to tell the truth. In conclusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.