112 ALASKA GLACIERS 



tion. Intermediate in accessibility between the glacial 

 districts of Europe and Greenland, it is more comprehen- 

 sive than either in variety of local circumstance. The 

 complexity of interacting conditions may for a long time 

 baffle attempts at analysis, but when the complexity has 

 been resolved, the resulting theory should have wider 

 application than one founded on simpler phenomena. 



