LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Map showing site of the Chinese Jade mines 12 



Map of eastern Turkestan 13 



Map showing geographical relation of Venezuela to the Isthmian Canal routes 18 



A view of Caracas 19 



The Port of Maracaibo 20 



The University — Caracas 21 



Watkins Glen ; a gorge carved from beds of shale - ._ 22 



A pebbly rock carved by rain ; Russian River, California 23 



Rock edges and waste slopes, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona 24 



The last house in Riggs, Oregon, a village overwhelmed by dunes. . 25 



Planting grass to stop the drifting of sand, near Provincetown, Cape Cod, Mass 25 



A traveling beach on the shore of Lake Ontario 26 



Dr Sven Hedin in his study, Stockholm . . 27 



Outline map of Peary's sledge routes and surveys 28 



Map of Mt McKinley region, Alaska 32 



Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean (22 x 32 inches) Supplement 



A Jewish cemetery, Bosnia 49 



Government hotels, Bosnia ... 50 



The ancient Greek Monastery of St John of Ryle, Bulgaria 53 



Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria 54 



House of the Sobranye (Bulgarian National Assembly) , Sofia 57 



Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria 58 



King Alexander of Servia 59 



Map showing different Alaskan boundary lines claimed by United States and Canada 90 



Outline map of Unimak Island 92 



Shishaldin from anchorage just west of Pinnacles 93 



View of Shishaldin from near Pankof 94 



View of Shishaldin from west side of Otter Cove 97 



View of Pogromni, Faris, and Westdahl peaks from Unimak Pass . 9S 



Winter freighting overland, Dawson, Yukon Territory 100 



Landing through the surf at Nome 100 



Hauling the United States mail with reindeer, Nome, Alaska 102 



Winter freighting on the ice, Lake Linderman , 103 



Freight boat on the Niukluk River — carries 7 tons 104 



Map showing stations of the four South Polar expeditions 108 



Diagram showing the railways of Cuba 113 



Chart showing annual precipitation at Salt Lake City and water level of Great Salt Lake . 1 14 



Herd of reindeer crossing a river in Siberia Frontispiece 



Reindeer on the Siberian beach waiting to be loaded on the Bear 128 



Reindeer herd, Siberia 129 



Unloading reindeer, St Lawrence Island, Alaska : 130 



Outline map showing government reindeer stations in Alaska 131 



Mr T. L- Brevig starting on a family sleigh ride, Teller reindeer station 132 



Traveling with reindeer in summer 133 



Breaking a path through deep snow 134 



Milking reindeer, Teller reindeer station. 135 



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