The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-30
AMERICAN GLACIERS.
A NEW work ny PROF. ri SSELL,
UNIVERSITY or MICHIGAN.
His Researches Among the SHOWS
peaks-Gen. Kant. the First tn
REPORT the Existence of Itsin.
Glaciers i'm the United states.

The people of the Pacific Northwest are
ever ready 90 extend a warm welcome TO
rev hooks Of scientific or literary merit.
and more especially so IL those hooks deal
with facts ar problems found In the new
West | have tgist received, with the COM
piinents Of the author an important pub
llcatian entitled Glaciers Of North Amer
tea a Reading lesson for Students ~
Cseogra Ehv au. Geology - issued trcna the
press af CHM 4 Go. of iioston The aa-
.hcr Ia Israel c. Russell. professor of
geology tn the University Of Michigan.
Pref Russell Is well Known in the state
~ Washington ant. especially IN Seattle.
ll lsss BE f1aSn this city hts headquarters
while he prepared for has Well known cx-
Yetstian 10 the ST ELIAS Aims of Alaska
which expedition WAS made under the
talut ausntgss nj the United States geo.
logical survey and the National Geograph-
tcal Society. Since that time he has re-
.nrnesf to the state MANY times and each
ono Of his trips produces important scien-
rifie results
Tie new neok ah0vo referred ;o contains
"ta pages. including perfect index. There
sse twen1v~twN plates and ten figures by
way ~ Illustration.
Before taking up the s9sh}ect matter OF
his hook Prof Russell ludui@ycS In a few
confidential words te his readers which
contain 50 mich of Interest and explain
iy1yen here.
Until within the past few years nearly
al current knowledge ~ glaciers was
haseA on the study NJ those az the AIRS.
Practically al theories os the origin.
gre 18th. motion, etc OK glaciers were in
spgTc3 from the Sarae source. An eltarEe-
fueo; 80 sho feii Of study. however has
~Gawa not only thAF glaciers ~ Trio same
type aS thc@e af Switzerland exist IL many
-asfssAar4ss1s
la~svy ard present greater diversity. and
besides additional types or genera have
bnen Discovered that are not represented
r. EUROPE. ar So fact or any cf tAw three
continents II the EaStegn hemisphere
LAS geological and geographical exsalora.
tfaYs haze beer eNssFstzs Il has heesi
Sutut Fhas North America S. rot sssa}y =
- segae3e firia for the growth 81 cheese
tw'~ sciences. h8st Ire many wesS furnish seas
the best example Of sentimental develop
speUg thas has as yet eeen STUDIED strange
- fwsS appear ia the faes, OF the ever
shassawtng ssepalsr Interest thzt fe.srter-z
sn ths glaciers II the Alps. North America
OFFS naose fsN1rahse conditions for sh,,
study 81 existing glaciers spa uf she sts-
csfis az ancient tcn Sheets than any other
eootineut, az each ST t}s three i%RAiuc
types - glaciers thus far rccoEss5zesi.
.arseiy the Airsn@ Piedmont ard cont
mental <oTth America furnishes rsssntrs-
cent examples. la fact. shere l. ne ether
eontiseut EXCEPT ths itfse kuawn ssk5au
about the South Eole se wnien other ss.ar,
ths .Nlp:ne type os s!sctsrs exist. ~
.kIpiaa glaciers representative sss-eur II,
N@FsA America IL attendance ard ia <rsasbr
variety. vaas "a from tgsc 'pssckss editions
sb8as ths sUswH'ssS - rhs HigA Sierra.
California. 10 gae suagnlgics Ut sseU ssFs.
glaessr. A.asA&s tA9 largest river 81 ice