An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska is a historical account of the 1889 expedition to Alaska written by American geologist Israel Russell. He represented the United States Geological Survey in an expedition sent to establish a portion of Alaska's eastern boundary. During the next two years, he explored, under the joint auspices of the USGS and the National Geographic Society, the slopes of Mount Saint Elias and the Yakutat Bay area and took notes which, with some additions from his fellow explorers, later became very detailed account of the Expedition.
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Israel C. Russell. An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska (Illustrated Edition)
An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska (Illustrated Edition)
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INTRODUCTION. THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ALASKA
PART I. PREVIOUS EXPLORATIONS IN THE ST. ELIAS REGION..2
PART II. NARRATIVE OF THE ST. ELIAS EXPEDITION OF 1890
PART III. SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE ST. ELIAS REGION
PART IV. GLACIERS OF THE ST. ELIAS REGION
PART V. HEIGHT AND POSITION OF MOUNT ST. ELIAS
APPENDIX A. OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING THE EXPEDITION
APPENDIX B. REPORT ON TOPOGRAPHIC WORK
APPENDIX C. REPORT ON AURIFEROUS SANDS FROM YAKUTAT BAY
APPENDIX D. REPORT ON FOSSIL PLANTS
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MALASPINA, 1792.6
About a hundred years ago the interest felt by the maritime nations of Europe in a "Northwest passage," connecting the northern Atlantic with the northern Pacific, was revived by the renewal of the discussion as to the authenticity of Maldonado's reported discovery of the "Strait of Annan." The western entrance to this strait was supposed to be about in the position of Yakutat bay. Spain, in particular, after three hundred years of exploration and discovery in all parts of the world, was still anxious to extend her conquests, and, if possible, to discover the long-sought "Northwest passage." Two of her ships, the Descubierta and Atrevida, were then at Acapulco, in command of Don Alejandro Malaspina, who was engaged in a voyage of discovery.
