LA PEROUSE GLACIER 
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Geikie was still tidal. The two were still connected by 
stagnant ice, a long, narrow strip, partly protected from 
melting by moraine stuff. In 1899 we failed to reach the 
head of the inlet, so that my only contribution to its his¬ 
tory consists in assembling the observations of others. 
LA PEROUSE GLACIER 
Fairweather Range, which bounds Glacier Bay on the 
southwest, presents its other face to the open ocean. Its 
seaward face is bold and lofty, and the greater part of it is 
above the snow-line. While rugged in detail it is little 
complicated by foothill ranges, and from the ship’s deck 
we could trace a number of its long glaciers from end to 
end. Between its base and the sea there is usually a 
narrow foreland, but this disappears toward the east and 
broadens toward the west. At several points it gathers 
the alpine glaciers into massive piedmont sheets, and 
several of these approach or actually touch the sea. The 
La Perouse, at whose edge we made a landing, is of this 
type, being fed by alpine glaciers from the slopes of the 
range about Mounts Crillon, D’Agelet and La Perouse. 
FIG. 20. LA PEROUSE GLACIER, 1899. 
Showing the alpine glaciers that feed the plateau mass below; and the relation of the 
timbered ridge at the left. 
Its extent in the direction of the coast is about three 
miles, the central portion ending in a lofty white cliff. 
The eastern third is darkened by a covering of moraine 
and appears to be separated from the water by a strand. 
