2IO THE UPPER YUKON 



where it had been blown by furious winds, 

 sweeping over the glacier. More than eighty 

 miles away from this glacier the whirling, 

 moving, flying masses of dust darkened the 

 sun and made travel tedious and irksome, be- 

 sides filling our nostrils, our hair, our clothes, 

 and even our foot-gear with it. 



This condition prevails only when the wind 

 is due south. In the future, when this par- 

 ticular glacier has become entirely extinct, 

 the conditions will be very much worse, as 

 the gap will be just so much wider and deeper, 

 thus allowing so much more air to pass^ 

 through the gigantic funnel. 



What a stunning change has come over this 

 region "since the glacial-ice buried the entire 

 great valley which separates Vancouver 

 Island from the mainland, and discharged 

 seaward round both ends of the island." 



Our route was now to follow the river that 

 by devious ways works its course to the Pacific 

 through the Coast Range of mountains in 

 Alaska. 



The scenery along this glacial river was 

 such as to be really indescribable. The cliffs 

 towering above the river, or above some 

 rounded lake through which the stream runs, 

 were wonderful in their irregularity. One 



