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world and well might every one pay a visit to 

 one of these great earth-sculpturers. The time 

 to visit a glacier is during late summer, when the 

 snows of the preceding winter are most com- 

 pletely removed from the surface. With the 

 snows removed, the beauty of the ice and its 

 almost stratified make-up are revealed. The 

 snow, too, conceals the yawning bergschlunds 

 and the dangerous, splendid crevasses. A visit 

 to one of these ponderous, patient, and effect- 

 ive monsters is not without danger; concealed 

 crevasses, or thinly covered icy caverns, or 

 recently deposited and insecurely placed boul- 

 ders on the moraines are potent dangers that 

 require vigilance to avoid. However, the care- 

 ful explorer will find one of these places far safer 

 than the city's chaotic and crowded street. 



For the study of old glacier records few places 

 can equal the Estes Park district in Colorado. 

 The Arapahoe, on Arapahoe Peak, Colorado, is 

 an excellent glacier to visit. It is characteristic 

 and is easy of access. It is close to civilization, 

 within a few miles of a railroad, is comprehen- 

 sively situated, and is amid some of the grandest 



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