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the others, and it is hoped, therefore, that 

 evidence of advance in other glaciers may 

 now be present in this region. It is one of 

 the prime purposes of the present expe- 

 dition to search especially for changes 

 related to the earthquake shaking. Pho- 

 tographs and maps of the more important 

 glaciers of the region will be made for 

 comparison with previous records and 

 as a basis for future comparisons. 



If the work in Yakutat Bay can be 

 finished early enough, as is hoped, the 

 expedition will proceed to Prince Wil- 

 liam Sound and there undertake the 

 study, mapping, and photographing of 

 the larger glaciers of this regie 1, notably 

 those in the Port Wells Inlet. Follow- 

 ing that, if time permits, a reconnais- 

 sance trip will be made to Controller Bay 

 and up the Copper River for the purpose 

 of laying out possible future work on 

 the glaciers of this vicinity. 



the: largest glaciers in' north 



AMERICA 



The glaciers of Alaska, although the 

 largest on the continent, are still known 

 only in part. Their great size and the 

 large number of important results that 

 have been obtained from the studies so 

 far carried on give basis for the belief 

 that a study through a series of years, 

 including the more important Alaskan 

 glaciers, will yield results of the very 

 highest value. It is not merely that the 

 glaciers themselves present interesting 

 phenomena, but also that they throw 

 light upon problems of continental gla- 

 ciation in northwestern Europe and 

 northeastern North America. The fruit- 

 ful results of studies from this standpoint 

 depend in part upon the large size of the 

 glaciers and in part upon the fact that 

 they terminate in a temperate climate 

 near sea-level. In many respects, there- 

 fore, the marginal phenomena of the 

 Alaskan glaciers represent more closely 

 the conditions at the margin of the Con- 

 tinental glacier than do even such large 

 ice masses as the Greenland and Ant- 

 arctic ice caps. 



NOTICE TO MEMBERS 



ON another page of this number an- 

 nouncement is made by the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society of the early 

 publication of a second series of "Scenes 

 from Every Land." It is earnestly hoped 

 that those members of the Society and 

 readers of this Magazine who desire 

 copies of this publication will make their 

 reservation as early as possible. Several 

 thousand members of the Society failed 

 to secure copies of the first series, pub- 

 lished two years ago, because of their 

 delay in making reservations. As the 

 Society is put to great expense by the 

 publication, the size of the edition is 

 limited to the apparent demand from the 

 members. The new volume will in every 

 respect surpass its predecessor, and will 

 be more handsomely bound, contain 

 more pictures, and we believe will be 

 more useful, as well as interesting. 



The Rockies of Canada. By Walter D. Wil- 

 cox. Pp. 8-300, gy 2 x 6]/ 2 inches. Illus- 

 trated. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 

 1909. 



This is a third edition of Mr Wilcox's 

 charming work, with three added chapters. 

 He takes the reader with him to Lake Louise, 

 to Paradise Valley, and to the summit of 

 Assiniboine Mountain, one of the finest, if 

 not the finest, of the summits in the Canadian 

 Rockies (see page 512). He recounts his 

 search for the almost mythical Mounts Brown 

 and Hooker, reputed to be between 16,000 and 

 17,000 feet high. When finally identified they 

 were found to be not over 9,000 feet in alti- 

 tude. He explores the Vermilion Pass and 

 visits Moraine, Wenkchemna, and O'Hara 

 Lakes. He gives a charming chapter on camp 

 life and on mountaineering, and an excellent 

 one on the big game of the region. The book 

 closes with some account of the Stony Indians. 



While Mr Wilcox's story is delightful, his 

 illustrations are perhaps the finest feature 

 of the book. The thirty-eight photogravures, 

 made from photographs taken by himself, are 

 probably among the very finest specimens of 

 outdoor photography and of reproduction to 

 be found. Indeed, as an artistic photographer 

 Mr Wilcox stands among the first in America. 

 The paper, type, and presswork are of the 

 finest. 



The work is accompanied by an excellent 

 map, scale 1 : 80000, in contours of 250 feet, a 

 reproduction of maps of the Canadian gov- 

 ernment. H. G. 



