74 I. C. Russell — Expedition to Mount iSt. Ellas. 



covered a large part of the area traversed by the previous expedi- 

 tion. The highest elevation reached, according to aneroid barom- 

 eter and boiling-point measurements, was 11,460 feet. This was 

 on the southern side of St. Elias. 



The only accounts of this expedition which have come to my 

 notice are an interesting article by William Williams in Scribner''s 

 Magazine;^ and a more detailed report by H. W. Topham, accom- 

 panied by a map f and by a fine illustration of Mount St. Elias, 

 in the Alpine Journal.^ / 



This brief review of explorations carried on in the St. Elias 

 region previous to the expedition sent out in 1890 by the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society is incomplete in many 23articulars,§ but 

 will indicate the most promising sources of information concern- 

 ing the country described in the following pages. 



*New York, April, 1889, pp. 387-i03. 



fTopham's map was used in compilingrthe western portion of the map 

 forming plate 8, and his route is there indicated. 



t London, August, 1889, pp. 245-371. 



I Yakutat bay has been visited by vessels of the United States Navy and 

 United States Revenue Marine and by numerous trading vessels ; but 

 reports of observations made during these voyages have not been found 

 during a somewhat exhaustive search of literature relating to Alaska. 



