TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Advertisement ............ iii 



Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 



List of Illustrations ........... xi 



CHAPTER I. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



1. Geographical Data ............ i 



a. Physiographic features ..'........ i 



b. Streams . . . . . . . . . . . ' . a 



c. Glaciers selected for study . . . . . . . . . .3 



2. Historical Data ............ 3 



3. Geological Data ............ 5 



a. Stratigraphy ............ 5 



b. Physiographic changes .......... (, 



c. Lakes .........'.... 7 



d. Alterations in drainage .......... s 



4. Climatic Data ............ 10 



a. Geographic distribution of moisture . . . . . . . .10 



b. Chinook winds ... ....... 12 



c. Oscillations in climate . . . . . . . . . .15 



CHAPTER II. 

 VICTORIA GLACIER. 



1. General Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . .19 



2. Nourishment ....'......... 20 



3. Double Tributary . . . . . . . . . . . .22 



a. Mitre Glacier; the host .......... 22 



b. Lefroy Glacier; the parasite . . . . . . . . .22 



4. Drainage ............. 24 



a. Surface ablation ........... 24 



b. Surface drainage ........... 25 



c. Marginal drainage . . . . . . ... . . .27 



d. General drainage brook .......... 28 



e. Water temperatures . .......... 29 



5. Forward Movement ........... 29 



a. Measurements . . . . . . . . . . .29 



b. Frontal changes ........... 32 



c. Shearing . . . .. . . . . . . .34 



d. Crevasses ............ 36 



