THE VARIATION OF GLACIERS 475 
Stberia.—The principal observations are in the region of 
Beloukha; the glaciers show a very marked decrease in size. 
RESUME. 
Although it is too early to attempt to form definite conclu- 
sions, still the reports seem to indicate pretty generally that the 
glaciers of the world are getting smaller. The few local cases 
of advances are of smallimportance. No region observed shows 
a general advance of its glaciers such as took place in the Alps 
in 1816-1820. 
REPORT ON THE GLACIERS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1te19) 7A 
But little information has been obtained regarding the varia- 
tions of glaciers in the United States between 1896 and 1897. 
Chaney Glacier, a small, steep glacier in the Rocky Moun- 
tains of Montana, discovered in 1895, is retreating. (L. W. 
Chaney.) 
Carbon Glacier, on Mount Rainier, has retreated about 
seventy-five feet between 1896 and 1897. (Plummer.) 
Mr. I. C. Russell reports a glacier on Mount Stuart, and Mr. 
M. W. Gorman reports glaciers on Bonanza and on North Star 
Mountain, all in the State of Washington. 
The glaciers of the Kenai peninsula, Cook’s Inlet, Alaska, 
have been mentioned, but not described, by earlier writers. Mr. 
F’. H. Curtiss has sent me a short description, from which the 
following is condensed: 
The ridge running along the southeastern side of Kachemak 
Bay is over 3000 feet high ; the upper part is covered with snow, 
from which glaciers descend through deep gorges nearly to the 
sea level. 
The tongues of the glaciers are about five miles long and 
from three-quarters to one and a quarter miles wide; they all 
have terminal moraines. A few have been named. The 
‘A synopsis of this report will appear in the Third Annual Report of the Inter- 
national Committee. The report on the glaciers of the United States for 1896 was 
given in this JOURNAL, Vol. V, pp. 381--383. 
