Vol. Ill, pp. 53-204, PLS. 2-20 MaY 29, 1891 



THE 

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT ST. ELIAS, ALASKA 

 BY ISRAEL C. RUSSELL. 



[Accepted for pvhlieation March IS, 1891.) 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction — The Southern Coast of Alaska 55 



Part I — Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region 58 



Bering, 1741 58 



Cook, 1778 58 



LaPerouse, 1786 58 



Dixon, 1787 -_, - 60 



Douglas, 1788 62 



Malaspina, 1792 62 



A'^ancouver, 1794 — 66 



Belcher, 1837 68 



Tebenkof, 1852 69 



United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1874, 1880 .- 70 



New York Times Expedition, 1886 72 



Tophani Expedition, 1888 73 



Part II— Narrative of the St. Elias Expedition of 1890 75 



Organization 75 



From Seattle to Sitka — 78 



From Sitka to Yakutat Bay 79 



Canoe Trip u]3 Yakutat Bay 81 



Base Camp on the Shore of Yakutat Bay 86 



First Day's Tramp 89 



Canoe Trip in Disenchantment Bay 96 



From Yakutat Bay to Blossom Island 103 



Blossom Island 113 



Life above the Snow-Line 122 



First Camp in the Snow 124 



9— Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. Ill, ixni. , (•'>:i) 



