OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
1891
| GARDINER G. HUBBARD, | President |
| HERBERT G. OGDEN EVERETT HAYDEN A. W. GREELY C. HART MERRIAM HENRY GANNETT | Vice-Presidents |
| CHARLES J. BELL, | Treasurer |
| MARCUS BAKER C. A. KENASTON | Secretaries |
| ROGERS BIRNIE, JR. G. K. GILBERT G. BROWN GOODE WILLARD D. JOHNSON W J MCGEE T. C. MENDENHALL W. B. POWELL B. H. WARDER | Managers |
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CONTENTS.
[South America]: Annual Address by the President, GARDINER G. HUBBARD
[Geography of the Land]: Annual Report by Vice-President HERBERT G. OGDEN
[Geography of the Air]: Annual Report by Vice-President A. W. GREELY
[An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska]; by ISRAEL C. RUSSELL
Introduction—[The Southern Coast of Alaska]
Part I—[Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region]
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]; by MARK B. KERR
Appendix C—[Report on auriferous Sands from Yakutat Bay]; by J. STANLEY-BROWN
Appendix D—[Report on fossil Plants]; by LESTER F. WARD
[Index]
[The Cartography and Observations of Bering's First Voyage]; by A. W. GREELY
[Height and Position of Mount St. Elias]; by ISRAEL C. RUSSELL
[The Heart of Africa]; by E. C. HORE
[Report of Committee on Exploration in Alaska]
Notes—[La Carte de France, dite de l'Etat Major], par M. J. COLLET
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Plate 1—[South America (map)]
2—[Sketch Map of Alaska]
3—[Map of the St. Elias Region, after La Pérouse]
4—[Map of the eastern Shore of Yakutat Bay, after Dixon]
5—[Map of the St. Elias Region, after Malaspina]
6—[Map of Bay de Monti, after Malaspina]
7—[Map of Disenchantment Bay, after Malaspina]
8—[Sketch Map of St. Elias Region], by MARK B. KERR
9—[The Hubbard Glacier]
10—[Wall of Ice on eastern Side of Atrevida Glacier]
11—[View on Atrevida Glacier]
12—[Entrance of an Ice Tunnel]
13—[Deltas in an abandoned Lake Bed]
14—[A River on the Lucia Glacier]
15—[Entrance to a glacial Tunnel]
16—[View of Malaspina Glacier from Blossom Island]
17—[Moraines on Marvine Glacier]
18—[View of the Hitchcock Range from near Dome Pass]
19—[View of Mount St. Elias from Dome Pass]
20—[View of Mount St. Elias from Seward Glacier]
21—[Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte (1752)]
RUSSELL: Figure 1—[Diagram illustrating the Formation of Icebergs]
2—[View of a glacial Lakelet]
3—[Section of a glacial Lakelet]
4—[Diagram illustrating the Formation of marginal Crevasses]
5—[Crevasses near Pinnacle Pass]
6—[Snow Crests on Ridges and Peaks]
7—[Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass]
8—[Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass]