LA PEROUSE GLACIER 39 



Geikie was still tidal. The two were still connected by 

 stagnant ice, a long, narrow strip, partly protected from 

 melting by moraine stuff. In 1899 we failed to reach the 

 head of the inlet, so that my only contribution to its his- 

 tory consists in assembling the observations of others. 



LA PEROUSE GLACIER 



Fairweather Range, which bounds Glacier Bay on the 

 southwest, presents its other face to the open ocean. Its 

 seaward face is bold and lofty, and the greater part of it is 

 above the snow-line. While rugged in detail it is little 

 complicated by foothill ranges, and from the ship's deck 

 we could trace a number of its long glaciers from end to 

 end. Between its base and the sea there is usually a 

 narrow foreland, but this disappears toward the east and 

 broadens toward the west. At several points it gathers 

 the alpine glaciers into massive piedmont sheets, and 

 several of these approach or actually touch the sea. The 

 La Perouse, at whose edge we made a landing, is of this 

 type, being fed by alpine glaciers from the slopes of the 

 range about Mounts Crillon, D'Agelet and La Perouse. 



FIG. 20. LA PEROUSE GLACIER, 1899. 



Showing the alpine glaciers that feed the plateau mass below ; and the relation of the 

 timbered ridge at the left. 



Its extent in the direction of the coast is about three 

 miles, the central portion ending in a lofty white cliff. 

 The eastern third is darkened by a covering of moraine 

 and appears to be separated from the water by a strand. 



