INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Mountains (continued) : Page 

 Huascaran, Peruvian Andes, from an eleva- 

 tion of about 10,000 feet 515 



In the southern Alps of New Zealand 502 



Kangchenjunga from Guicha La (Pass), 16,430 



feet 507 



Kangchenjunga, 28,150 feet, third in altitude 



of the Himalayas 506 



Melting snow clings to the skis 531 



Misty morning: On the way to the Aiguille de 



la Za 528 



Mount Ararat in Armenia, the most famous 



of mountains 494 



Mount Assiniboine, a Canadian Matterhorn. . 512 

 Mount Drum, Alaska. Its isolation demands 



the observer's undivided attention 621 



Mount Drum, from crest of ridge between 



Nadina and Klawasina Rivers, Alaska.... 617 

 Mount Everest, the crown of the world, the 



highest peak known 497 



Mount McKinley, Alaska's highest mountain.. 622 



Mount Rainier from Crater Lake 535 



Mount Rainier from Lake Washington 536 



Mount Saint Elias has figured in Alaskan ex- 

 plorations from earliest accounts 615 



Mount Sanford, as seen from the banks of 



Copper River, Alaska 612 



Mount Wrangell, Alaska: Intermittently 



active 620 



Napes Needle, Great Gable, Lake District, 



England 525 



Old "Cabane" on the east face of the Matter- 

 horn 523 



On the traverse of the Grepon, Chamonix 



Aiguilles 526 



Ruwenzori, Africa's most famous mountain.. 516 



Sass Maor, in the Tyrolese Alps 519 



Seven feet of snow along Paradise River.... 532 

 Ski runners in Mount Rainier National Park. 533 

 Snider's Peak, rugged, angular, and formida- 

 ble: Alaska 618 



Southern face of Mount Rainier: 10,000 feet 



from valley to peak 533 



Summit of Jannoo in the Himalayas, 25,000 



feet high 498 



Tehipite Dome in Tehipite Canon, High 



Sierra 540 



The Matterhorn, showing on the left the 



Zmutt Ridge 521 



The Sierras above timber line 508 



Ushba, one of whose peaks is in Europe and 



one in Asia 501 



View from near the summit of the Matter- 

 horn 518 



Views south from Kearsarge Pass, along the 



main crest of the high Sierra 538 



Wasting snowdrift in the Sierras 511 



North Polar Regions: Page 

 An arctic flower garden, yellow poppies pre- 

 dominating 887 



An Eskimo, his wife, sons, and daughter 909 



Arctic explorer coming out of a snow-covered 



igloo 903 



Arctic hunters and Eskimos landing fine speci- 

 mens of walrus 901 



Children of the top of the world 912 



North Polar Regions (continued) : Page 

 Coast of Northumberland Island near the 



northwestern end o 87 



Coast of south Greenland, just at the Arctic 



Circle 878 



Curious waterfall springing from the end wall 



of a large glacier 882 



Eskimo mother and babe 910 



Eskimos on the ice in North Star Bay 904 



Group of Eskimo men, showing costumes and 



hunting implements 889 



Mat Henson, who has made many trips with 



Commander Peary 877 



Nuchto, Miss Bill, her sisters and stepmother. 888 

 Point from which Commander Peary made 



two successful trips across Greenland... 886 

 Polar bears harpooned by Eskimos at Black 



Lead, east Greenland 905 



Scene at Etah, the most northerly Eskimo 



settlement 906 



Scene on the south Greenland coast, showing 



an odd way of dressing the hair 902 



Scene on the Greenland coast 914 



Sentinel Nunatak, at the head of Bowdoin 



Bay 884 



Side wall of the Bowdoin Glacier 885 



Small ribbon glacier, showing the forming of 



crevasses 890 



South Greenland Eskimos in their kayaks or 



skin-covered boats 891 



South Greenland Eskimos of the settlement 



of Disco 880 



Striking scene in the Arctic regions: Ships, 



icebergs, and ice floats, Baffin Bay 913 



The forbidding coast of Hakluyt Island, Ingle- 

 field Gulf 883 



Typical group of north Greenland Eskimos 



at Karnah 881 



Panama: Page 

 Basque from Spain, working on the Canal... 352 



Closing of the Chagres River at Gatun 346 



Excavating for the site of the great Gatun 



dam, looking south 345. 



Great blast in progress 341 



Low tide near the Pacific terminus of the 



Canal 338 



Panama street reconstructed by the American 



government 351 



Street in Panama before the American reno- 

 vation 350 



South Polar Regions: Page 



An ice cave in the winter 1004 



Brocklehurst, looking down from a point 9,000 



feet up Mount Erebus 993 



Camp 7,000 feet up Mount Erebus: Steam 



from active crater can be seen 992 



Cloud effect before the sea froze over 981 



Crater of Mount Erebus, 900 feet deep and 



half a mile wide 995 



Day with the motor-car on the sea ice 979 



Derrick Point, showing method of hauling 



stores up the cliff 998 



Flight of Antarctic petrels 985 



Ice cavern in the winter: Photographed by 



the light of hurricane lamps 1002 



