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Canada. — The Victoria glacier, near Lake Louise, Alberta, is 

 retreating though no measures have been made. 



Photographs of the Asulkan glacier, British Columbia, show 

 no changes between 1898 and 1899. A small glacier on the 

 southern side of Mt. Sir Donald has become smaller. 



The Illecellewaet glacier has been observed with more or 

 less regularity since 1887, during this time it has apparently 

 retreated on the average 1 5 .8 m a year. There are indications 

 that it was stationary or advancing before 1887. It retreated 

 4.9 111 between 1898 and 1899. In August 1899 the velocity of 

 the ice close to the end was 1 3-7 cm a day; 460™ further back 

 and near the middle of the breadth it was I7.2 cm . The upper 

 part of the glacier seems to be growing thicker. 1 



Russian Asia. — The report gives the locations of a num- 

 ber of glaciers, many of which show undoubted signs of 

 retreat. 2 



Himalaya. — Mr. Freshfield has induced the government offi- 

 cials to undertake regular observations of some glaciers. He 

 found the glaciers of Kindjinjanga advancing slightly after hav- 

 ing suffered an insignificant retreat. In general there are no 

 indications of any important changes among those glaciers in 

 recent years. 



REPORT ON THE GLACIERS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR I9OO 3 



The small glaciers in Montana continue to retreat. 



A small glacier has been discovered on Mt. Arapahoe in 



'Report of Messrs. G. and W. S. Vaux, Jr. See papers by the same authors : 

 Some observations on the Illecellewaet and Asulkan Glaciers of British Columbia. 

 Proc. Phil. Acad, of Nat. Sci., 1899, pp. 121-124. 



Additional Observations on Glaciers of British Columbia. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1899, pp. 501-511. 



The Glacier of the Illecellewaet. Appalachia, 1900, Vol. IX, pp. 156-165. 



Albrecht Penck, translated by D. R. Keys : The Illecellewaet Glacier in the 

 Selkirks. Proc. Canadian Inst. 1900, pp. 57-60. 



2 Report of Mr. Mouschetoff. 



3 A synopsis of this report will appear in the Sixth Annual Report of the Inter- 

 national Committee. The report on the glaciers of the United States for 1899 was 

 given in this Journal, Vol. VIII, pp. 154-159. 



