IX APRIL, 1898 No. 4 



The 



National Geographic 



Magazine 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 



KLON 



MBER 



Editor: JOHN HYDE 



Associate Editors 



A. W. GREELY W J McGEE HENRY GANNETT 



C. HART MERRIAM ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 THE NORTHWEST PASSES TO THE YUKON. 



With illustrations. , ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE. 105 



OVERLAND ROUTES TO THE KLONDIKE. HAMLIN GARLAND. 113 



With illustration. 



THE FUTURE OF THE YUKON GOLDFIELDS, PROF. WM. H. DALL. 117 

 NOTES ON THE WILD FOWL AND GAME ANIMALS OF ALASKA. 



With illustrations. E. W. NELSON. 121 



CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF ALASKA. GEN. A. W. GREELY, U. S. A. 132 

 A YUKON PIONEER, MIKE LEBARGE. PROF. WM. H. DALL. 137 



With portrait. 

 ALASKA AND ITS MINERAL RESOURCES. PROF. S. F. EMMONS. 139 



With map and illustrations. 

 THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF ALASKA. 



HON. GEO. C. PERKINS, U. S. S. 172 

 SOME OF THE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF AGRICULTURE 



IN ALASKA. D^ WALTER H. EVANS. 178 



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