AN OI.D hospice; at the; summit oe' i.autare;t pass: French alps 



It was in this vicinity that Captain Scott, who lost his life in the Antarctic, spent his 

 last winter before sailing for the South, experimenting with food and clothing suitable for 

 the Arctic climate, and inured himself to wind, snow, ice, and cold. Back of the hospice are 

 the great barren peaks of Gabbier, through whose saddle the second highest carriage road 

 in Europe winds its way. 



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