Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
FACTS ABOUT GLACIERS
,rof.' shcrzcr's Report on the smith
soninm Institution Invcstig alton II
tnuada.

gcologist. the Smithsonian institution
several years auo supported an cXpedi-
lion headed by Or. William ~. Shcrzor,
professor Of natural science nj tho State
Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich, to ex-
plorc the glaciers for scientific data. A
fun report OF the expedition, after the
working out of many observations and
drawing Of valuable conclusions Is just
publirhcd In IN series Of Smithsonian
Contributions of knowledge" Tho series
Of contributions" includes publications
most vital to the purpose FOR which tho
institution works, "tho increase and diff
fusion Of knowledge aiming men"
Through It have been given to the world |
the results of original researches con-
tanning new facts and conclusions at the |
time OF their publication not known to |
the scientific word IN the repor' ~ ~. ,
Shcrzcr arc abundant original data and |
observations on glacial origin and ac-
ton. Five glaciers are describcd The |
Victoria and Wcnkchemna glaciers in |
Alberta. and the yoho, Asukan and the
great rllociliowact discovered in 1883, in
British columbia.
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