ILLUSTRATIONS

Ice fall of nearly four thousand feet by which the upper or Harper Glacier
discharges into the lower or Muldrow Glacier (photogravure)[Frontispiece]
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The author and Mr. H. P. Karstens[4]
Tatum, Esaias, Karstens, Johnny, and Walter, at the Clearwater Camp[8]
Striking across from the Tanana to the Kantishna[12]
One of the abandoned mining towns in the Kantishna[14]
Denali from the McKinley fork of the Kantishna River[16]
Entering the range by Cache Creek[18]
The base camp at about 4,000 feet on Cache Creek[20]
Some heads of game killed at the base camp[22]
The Muldrow Glacier. Karstens in the foreground[26]
Ascension Day, 1913[30]
Bridging a crevasse on the Muldrow Glacier[32]
Hard work for dogs as well as men on the Muldrow Glacier[34]

The Northeast Ridge shattered by the earthquake in July, 1912[40]
Cutting a staircase three miles long in the ice of the shattered ridge[52]
The shattered Northeast Ridge[56]
Camp at 13,000 feet on Northeast Ridge[60]
A dangerous passage[64]
The Upper Basin reached at last. Our camp at the Parker Pass at 15,000 feet[72]
Above all the range except Denali and Denali’s Wife[76]
Traverse under the cliffs of the Northeast Ridge to enter the Grand Basin[82]
First camp in the Grand Basin—16,000 feet, looking up[84]
Second camp in the Grand Basin—looking down, 16,500[86]
Third camp in the Grand Basin—17,000 feet, showing the shattering of the glacier walls by the earthquake[88]
The North Peak, 20,000 feet high[90]
The South Peak from about 18,000 feet[94]
The climbing-irons[98]
Denali’s Wife from the summit of Denali (photogravure)[102]
Robert Tatum raising the Stars and Stripes on the highest point in North America[104]

The saying of the Te Deum[106]
Beginning the descent of the ridge; looking down 4,000 feet upon the Muldrow Glacier[122]
Johnny Fred, who kept the base camp and fed the dogs and would not touch the sugar[128]
“Muk,” the author’s pet malamute[136]
Approaching the range[164]
Map showing route of the Stuck-Karstens expedition to the summit of Mt. Denali (Mt. McKinley)[End of volume]