62«NATIONAL 



GEOGRAPHIC 

 MAGAZINE 



33 



VoL XVII JANUARY, J906 Ma \ 



CONTENTS 



PAGH 



Geographical Exploration ; Its Moral and Material Aspects. By 



General A. W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army . I 



The Florida Keys. By John Gifford. Illustrated 5 



The Annual Banquet of the National Geographic Society, 

 with Toasts by President Willis L. Moore, Secretary Taft, 

 Hon. Lloyd C Griscom, Hon. Charles F. Scott, Mr Anthony 

 Fiala, and Mr W. S. Champ 22 



A Modern Viking. Illustrated 38 



Drifting Across the Pole 40 



Some Russian Pictures • ....*....... . _ 42 



Geographical Literature 47 



Effects of Tropical Light on White Men 47 



Correspondence * 52 



Geographical Squibs 53 



National Geographic Society 54 



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