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hay is a broad, deep inlet extending more than thirty miles inland, 
and it was the plan of the expedition to begin work near its head 
onthewesl shore. The weather being thick, Capt. Farenholt did 
not think it advisable to take the vessel up the bay, and the voy- 
age had to be made by means of boats and canoes in a driving 
rain storm. The actual base of operations was reached on June 
28, and the studying of the geology and geography of the region 
began at once. 
• When the storm passed away," says Mr. Russell, ■• we found 
ourselves on a wild shore, encumbered by icebergs and at the im- 
mediate base of a majestic mountain range, trending southeast and 
northwest. Along the southern base of the mountains there is a 
plateau some thirty miles broad, divided by the waters of Yaku- 
tat bay. Our task was to explore and map the countiy from the 
bay to St. Elias, and as far beyond as practicable. Excursions 
were begun at once to the neighboring mountains and glaciers, 
and up Yakutat bay as far as the floating ice would allow a 
canoe to travel. 
"One of these excursions took us to an island at the head of 
the bay. which we named Grand View island. From its summit, 
which rises boldly a thousand feet above the water, a magnificent 
view was obtained of a vast stretch of snow-clad mountains, from 
which glaciers of great magnitude descended to the sea, and 
ended in cliffs of ice several hundred feet high. From these the 
icebergs crowding the bay were derived. One of these glaciers we 
named Dalton, the pioneer explorer of the region ; another of 
larger size at the head of the bay was named Gardner Hubbard, 
from the president of the National Geographic Society. A mag- 
nificent mountain peak rising some 10,000 feet immediately above 
the Hubbard glacier received the same name. Another towering- 
peak on the same mountain crest, triangular in shape, and always 
of purest white, was named mount Seattle, in acknowledgement 
of the faithful services of our camp hands, whose homes are 
mostly in the 'Queen City of the Sound.' 
"While glacial and geological studies were being pushed for- 
ward, Mr. Kerr measured a base line with considerable accuracy, 
and began a map of the region. From the ends of the base-line 
sights were taken to several peaks and hill-tops near at hand, the 
angles between the lines of sight and the base-line affording data 
for the determining of other distances. Bv means of angles of 
