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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A EITTEE SPUTTERING MUD POT 



Although common in the Yellowstone Park, such phenomena are rare in the Valley of 

 Ten Thousand Smokes, for the reason that the temperature of the latter is for the most 

 part so high that water is instantly vaporized. 



service required. The exploration of a 

 route over the mountains for such a road 

 is an important part of the program of 

 the expedition the coming summer. If 

 this quest is successful and a feasible 

 route into the country be discovered, we 

 shall begin to feel that the way is opened 

 for the Katmai National Monument to 

 become in fact, as well as in name, a real 

 part of the National Park System, avail- 

 able, as it should be, for the perpetual 

 enjoyment and education of the public. 



the: society's expedition op 1919 



Realizing the importance to science of 

 a further study of the mysterious forces 

 at work in the Valley of Ten Thousand 

 Smokes, the Board of Managers of the 

 National Geographic Society has made a 

 grant of $35,000 from the Society's Re- 

 search Fund for explorations of Katmai 

 during 1919. 



Professor Griggs, who was the director 

 of the National Geographic Society's Mt. 

 Katmai expeditions of 191 5, 1916, and 



1917, and who supervised the work of the 

 small expedition of 1918, will head The 

 Society's expedition of 1919, which will 

 be more elaborately equipped in every re- 

 spect than any of the previous undertak- 

 ings in this region. 



Professor Griggs will have as his asso- 

 ciates this year: Dr. E. T. Allen, of the 

 Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie 

 Institution, in charge of the chemical 

 work ; Dr. C. N. Fenner, of the Geo- 

 physical Laboratory, petrographer ; E. G. 

 Zies, of the Geophysical Laboratory, 

 chemist ; J. W. Shipley, chemist ; Emery 



C. Kolb, motion-picture photographer; 

 Frank I. Jones, photographer ; J. S. Hine, 

 zoologist ; Jasper D. Sayre, topographer ; 

 Paul R. Hagelbarger, topographer ; Lu- 

 cius C. Folsom, assistant to the director ; 



D. B. Church, assistant photographer ; 

 A. J. Basinger, assistant zoologist ; Ralph 

 Hagelbarger, Richard E. Helt, H. E. 

 Jacob, August E. Miller, Julius Stone, 

 Jr., H. N. Wallace, Charles Yori, and 

 W. L. Henning, assistants. 



