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Government Issues Pamphlet On
Glaciers Giving Descriptions !
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That the Ice fields OF Glacier Ma
Monal park present some OF the best
examples o. active glac iers; now found
in the United States is: q statement
made byssW.@C. Alden in a,:pamphlet
just issued by direction of secretary
Lane: They have; a splendid setting
In. magnificent alpine scenery, says
Mr.. Allen, Unsurpassed III grandeur
anywhere Hidden away Ia the re-
cesses OF the mighty mountain ranges,
these rare and wonderful features
form climax to many :of the inter
esting trips open to the tourist.
g. 80 90 Small Glaciers .s.,*:.,.
'"There are in the park about 80,
small glaciers, ranging III size from
Blackteet glacier, with til three
square miles Of ice, down. to masses
but few acres in extent, yet exhibit
ing the characteristicx Of true glaciers.
AFTER examining these features.
one can easily picture to himself, AZ
he looks down the valleys, the great
rivers Of ice which in ages pest cas-
caded from the cliffs below the upper
cirques, converged as tributaries from
the many branch valleys, these great
glaciers, many hundreds Of feet In
depth, filling the great mountain val
leys from side to side, and dep1oyfng
thence upon. the bordering plains. He
seems to see these mighty engines
plucking away. the rock ribs .,of the
mountains, smoothing. grinding and
polishing the Irregularities and sweep
ing away the debris to be spread, on
! the plains below These glaciersa de-
veloped and extended three times and
after each development the .congealed
masses melted away on the return OF
rnilder climatic condit ions, until; q
length only the small cliff glaciers Of
the present. day are left lurking ii the
i protected recesses. st the heads OF the
capacious valleys. -:
/ .Marny,: OF the rock yelled am
phitheaters are no longer occupied. by
Ice, but from all there issue en- streams
fed by tho melting snow or Ice. These
plunge. over the cliffs ID beautiful.
foaming cascades and rush on down
the mountain sorges. The melting
glaciers left many Enclosed basins,
large and small, and ia these the
i waters rest awhile and mirror ID their
crystal depths the dark green OF the
surrounding forests. the rich colors
Of the rugged mountain walls, and the
deep blue OK the cloud -flecked sky. On
again. from lake to lake, the waters
| now and finally start down III cir long
1 courses, to the sea. to merge at length
with TIE chill waters 81 IIaudson Bay,
the baln1y tides f the Gulf Of Mexico
81 the rolling pillows Of the Pacific =
This 4s-page' publ atfon, hleh
4 contains IS alftpne illustrations ana
maps, showing the present and for
mer extent of the glacier al which
| may be purchased from the shpefin-
j tAndeit 81 sdocuments, government
printing office Washing tons y : for
is cents, contains detailed descrtp-
tions Sc the principaI glaciers aid
their attendant pheniomen1. It In.
|cludes also discussiona 81 ssthef work
done BY the glaciers IN rnodif yinE the
surface feature al q an account sDf the
previous extent 81 siaci ation Il this
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