Wrangell Island 



to lie long. It is said that only once since the settle- 

 ment of Fort Wrangell has the ground been covered to 

 a depth of four feet. The mercury seldom falls more 

 than five or six degrees below the freezing-point, un- 

 less the wind blows steadily from the mainland. Back 

 from the coast, however, beyond the mountains, the 

 winter months are very cold. On the Stickeen River 

 at Glenora, less than a thousand feet above the level 

 of the sea, a temperature of from thirty to forty de- 

 grees below zero is not uncommon. 



