Download or read book ALTITUDES IN ALASKA CLASSIC REPRINT written by HENRY. GANNETT and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska written by Charles Warren Stoddard and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) was an American author and editor best known for his travel books about Polynesian life.
Download or read book Shores and Alps of Alaska Classic Reprint written by H. W. Seton Karr and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shores and Alps of Alaska The clearest and simplest manner of describing a journey of exploration, of sport, or of adventure, is often in the form of the original diary - penned in situ from day to day in the tent, the forest, or the canoe, on the shore, the glacier, or the mountain side. Such a book does this profess to be, having the merits, if it has the defects, of an instantaneous word-photograph, rather than of a carefully elaborated work of art. When, as the New York Times Expedition to Alaska, and as the first explorers who had ever landed on that stern coast, we made our attempt upon Mount St. Elias, our combined alpinism was insignificant. Our experience had been gleaned from divers places. Lieutenant Schwatka had travelled in the Arctic, Professor Libbey in Colorado, and the writer had mountaineered in the Alps. An expedition comprising Swiss guides, or consisting of experienced climbers, would be more successful. 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.
Download or read book The Ascent of Mount St Elias written by Luigi Amedeo and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ascent of Mount St. Elias: Alaska Thus the narrative of an expedition to Mount St. Elias has to chronicle whole weeks spent on vast glaciers, traversing more than 100 miles of ice and snow, conveying either on sledges or men's backs such heavy and complicated baggage as tents, blankets. 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.
Download or read book Travels in Alaska written by John Muir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travels in Alaska by John Muir Forty years ago John Muir wrote to a friend; "I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer. . . . Civilization and fever, and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me, have not dimmed my glacial eyes, and I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness." How gloriously he fulfilled the promise of his early manhood! Fame, all unbidden, wore a path to his door, but he always remained a modest, unspoiled mountaineer. Kindred spirits, the greatest of his time, sought him out, even in his mountain cabin, and felt honored by his friendship. Ralph Waldo Emerson urged him to visit Concord and rest awhile from the strain of his solitary studies in the Sierra Nevada. But nothing could dislodge him from the glacial problems of the high Sierra; with passionate interest he kept at his task. "The grandeur of these forces and their glorious results," he once wrote, "overpower me and inhabit my whole being. Waking or sleeping, I have no rest. In dreams I read blurred sheets of glacial writing, or follow lines of cleavage, or struggle with the difficulties of some extraordinary rock-form." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Mountaineering in Mount McKinley National Park Alaska Classic Reprint written by U. S. National Park Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mountaineering in Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska Irritability can easily spring up between even close friends during a stay at high altitude. A nagging fear, doubt, or feeling of guilt can easily grow in a person's mind and prove mentally exhausting as well as potentially dangerous. 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.
Download or read book Up in Alaska Classic Reprint written by Esther Birdsall Darling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Up in Alaska If you have no tender feeling, And with pride you do not glow When you take out last year's headgear, With its feather, quill or bow, Knowing there's a tragic moment When the first boat deals the blow That your clothes are prehistoric, Then you are a Sourdough. If you listen to the wailing Of the Malamutes who throw In their voices all the wildness Of a wolf in deepest woe, And it soothes you into slumber Like a sweet song soft and low, You can feel that you belong here, And you are a Sourdough. If you say Mush on and Peluk Somewhat carelessly to show That you understand the trail talk And some words of Eskimo, Then remark, The air is balmy; Only thirty-five below, Everyone will surely tell you You've become a Sourdough. 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.
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Download or read book Alaska Classic Reprint written by Canadian Pacific Railway Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alaska Blank leaves added during restorations may appear within thetext. Whenever possible. These have been omitted from filming I ll so pout quo cor'tainos pages blanches ajoutoes lors d'une restauration apparaissent dons Io toxte. Mais, -lorsque cola tait possible. Cos pages n'ont pas ate iilm'oes. 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.
Download or read book All About Alaska Classic Reprint written by Pacific Coast Steamship Co and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from All About Alaska Parties purchasing tickets or making inquiry by letter with the view of purchasing tickets, will save themselves and their correspondents much trouble and delay by furnishing specific information. 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.
Download or read book Alaska written by John E. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alaska: Its Waters, Land and Life I Cannot remember the name of that special agent, who suggested to the Forty-first Congress that Alaska be abandoned by the United States upon the ground that it was an unprofitable investment, but whoever he was I will hazard the opinion that, at the time of writing his report, he had never made a tour through the inner passage. That he had never steamed among the islands and canals which fringe the coast from Dixoa's Entrance, two hundred miles to the St. Elias Range, and thence with a stretch of sea and a northward curve on to Prince William Sound and the Kenai Peninsula. That he had never been thrilled by the experience of such a journey I will warrant, for if he had known such, it passes reason to imagine that he could ever have recommended our parting with what he could not but have recognized will, in time, become popularized as the grandest scenic region of the world. For as far as do the colors and fretwork of a California sunset lie beyond the powers of detailed reproduction by the artist, so do the scenic marvels of these isles and channels surpass the limit of descriptive narrative. From the time that you enter Clarence Strait until you move through Cross Sound again into the North Pacific, you are encompassed by a swiftly changing panorama of surprises. Your first sensations will be that you have strangely stepped off the ocean and are making a journey through inland waters that are not related to the sea. For the fresh scent in the cold, damp air is not the odor of brine, and this commingling with the agreeable exhalations of the forests which clothe the mountains upon your either hand, makes you feel that you are winding amongst a a mesh of rivers in some semi-frigid interior. As you move along the intricate ways, some of them scarcely two ships length from bank to bank, you note that few of the islands have beaches, and that most of them rise abruptly out of the water and carry their dark green foliage boldly up to the line of snow. It is one hundred and fifty miles from the open sea to the farthest reach of tide water, but from many positions, as you pass along, you may have in plain sight the high, snow-whitened eminences of the Coast Range of mountains. Indeed, these gloomy verdured cones, standing here and there about you, environing you with their stalwart forms, seem but water-set foothills to those loftier, steeper, more broken elevations. Very often an overhanging fog obscures your vision to all but your close surroundings, and perhaps an almost ever present rain may fill the air. 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.
Download or read book Mountaineering written by National Park Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mountaineering: Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska Expeditions, even those planning alpine style ascents, should have supplies to wait out one to two weeks of bad weather. Alaskan glaciers are often heavily crevassed and glacier travel may be hazardous. Radio communication with outside monitors is extremely difficult from lower elevations. Each party must depend on its own resources for the duration of their climb. 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.
Download or read book Visit to the Glaciers of Alaska and Mount St Elias Classic Reprint written by Harold W. Topham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Visit to the Glaciers of Alaska and Mount St. Elias To those among my audience who were present two years ago when a paper on the same region was read by Mr. Seton-karr to the Society, I can, I fear, offer little that is new. They will, however, have, at least this advantage, they know exactly whe1e Mount St. Elias is situated. To those who may not, I will premise that to reach Alaska, they must cross first the Atlantic Ocean to Montreal, and then the American continent to Victoria in British Columbia, and then go up the Pacific coast by sea for a thousand miles, in order to find themselves at Sitka, the capital of Alaska. Not very far from Sitka is Glacier Bay. To the west of this is Cross Sound, and it is to the north-west of Cross Sound that the mountain range lies which it is my purpose to describe to-night. Into Glacier Bay many large glaciers descend, only one of which, the Muir, has been explored. It is 30 miles long, and its breadth, where it runs out into the sea, is one mile. It is decreasing very rapidly, so rapidly, indeed, that the sailors assert that they can, year after year, clearly distinguish the difference in its size. The height of the ice-wall at the foot of the glacier, where it is washed by the sea, was 319 feet m 1886, whilst last year it was 266 feet, a decrease of 53 feet. The centre of the glacier moves 70 feet per day, which 1s equal to five miles a year. This will be appreciated better if it is remembered that the Mer de Glace in Switzerland moves 1% foot per day, and the Aar Glacier 55 feet per year. We went up on to the ice to visit a cairn which the captain of our ship had previously erected for the purpose of ascertaining the rate of motion of the glacier. We found it almost overthrown into a crevasse, so we re-erected it and took sextant bearings from it to various peaks, for use this summer. 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.
Download or read book The Alpine Regions of Alaska Classic Reprint written by H. W. Seton-Karr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Alaska written by Ella Higginson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alaska: The Great Country Soul-sick am I, O God, of little things Small pleasures, aspirations, creeds, desires; Low valleys, slender brooks and hearthside fires. I want the sweep of wide, triumphant wings; The halleluiah that the ocean sings; The wind that roars like beasts and never tires! Great God, my soul aches to the mighty lgres Of Nature To men heritaged as kings Who dare, aspire, achieve, not counting cost, So that a deed be done that reaches far A new land won; a perilous water crossed; So that a man coming to his last rest Shall wear upon his brow the splendid star That leads the glorious empire - builders West! 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.
Download or read book The Rainbow s End written by Alice Palmer Henderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rainbow's End: Alaska And it was the second day: They Sped across the prairies, the level threshing floors Of the world's gran ary, swept clean of wheat now, with pools of water showing that Dame Nature had barely finished her Spring house-cleaning. Flowers peered out every where as they passed; the year was too young for hard work. The third day they passed through Bismarck, North Dakota, a town which has always had enough cranks to turn every freak machine extant. They crossed the muddy Missouri at the little town Of Mandan, named from the curious blue-eyed Indians who once lived about it, a powerful tribe. At Medora they caught Sight of the Marquis de Mores' castle, high perched upon a crag, and of the great packing houses builded with his American wife's rocks. The little town was named after her. At the mansion extravagant hospitality was once dispensed. House parties feasted, danced, hunted, marveling at the surrounding wilder ness and the luxury that had invaded it. But the mar quis has ended his adventurous life in far away Africa, the great buildings are abandoned, like the foolish scheme that demanded them, and serve only to bring to mind a man whose fine riding and personal bravery were his most conspicuous virtues. 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.
