Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20


ny 10 Skagway. Looktus through my
ateroow window. can 500 q wall %,
'ow-CAppcd mountains. which arc
cen almost to their tops. Just on
psita me IS = great fold OF ice uphrIt
tween two lofty peaks Tho Hcld Is
H'les in width. and It's Slopes upward
NIL lost IN tho clouds That field is
glacier.
TRUE GLACIAL REGION
COVERS IMMENSE NRIt
The truo glacial region of Alaska
ncEirs n Httlc beyond the international
'oundnry. and II :Ins from ther" alon;;
70 coast for distanc" As great aS
ON New York TO Chicago. !; skirts
&c ocean and extends for a hundred
Hos or so back into the interior. The
= ost OF Tho glaciers are north and
est OF Shagway. They are confined
thin an area about loo miles wide
nd 500 miles long. comprising Ter
itorT perhaps as large as tho State
* New York. This, all told. does not
'omprise orc-t tenth of Alaska but Il IS
hat part OF the country most fire.
Vuented by tourists. and i, is from
heir stories that many have received
he idea that Alaska IS nothing ON,
mountains and ice. The truth is NOS,
~ the territory is north of these
Slacia. ranges which border the coast
mo a great part of IT is as dry ~
Northern Dakota or Montana Tho
Yukon Valley has crisp. cold winters
and short, DRY summers rhe win
ters have clear skies, and tho cli.nn,.
Is bearable In summer tho whole
land is covered with the srcencs, Of
tiTeen, and the nj. is so invicoratin.
that one seems 10 be breathing cham
pagne
The interior OF the country is com
phraivcl" low. The coast rlacia,
ieeion Is rugged and high. MANI Of
us mountains are lost in the ,louds
n,Nnl II;
1t an altitude higher than any other
part or the continent The nrc so
hieh, so steep and so cold that tho.
nrecip!tatc the water that rises from
ne "Arhi ocean currents tina, wa /,
npu'hGrn Alaska. and give the snow.ail
mat has built up the glaciers nrr
Keeps them alive
Sefore write more OF this region
'e, mo show YOU some Of the biz il,
masses OF Southeastern Alasia.
i ,anS !ust lett the Taku Inlet 1t is n
ora eighteen miles LONG, walled win
steep mountains and guarded b,. ia.
."hcS' IN steaIning up II You can ccuut
'ot!-liFe glaciers, and at thu .rd NJ /,
tonir 10 me famous Taku glacier, tho
i.oH' "aii OF which, where il cntcr.
ne sea, is n mile wide and more th,-
700 feet high. The great river or Ina
"'ochs :ts II goes back between tho
two mighty hills on each side. : ,i,tic
Instance from the sea Il Is two o,iina
IN width. and continues to widow to-
DISTANCE OF eight miles where /.
lost n great ice Held close "a
nc boundary OF British Columbia
mo IaEu glacier is a live glacier
that IL, II In moving down Ia Tho orc.,
qua Is always dropping great bcrrq
INTO the sea. 1t is travelling Io,y,-
"hrd AT the rate OF cigh, or Ten foo,
aay. ana some o: tho rntsscs vhici,
'rop are as large as the skvscran.rs %
'ur PRINCIPAL cities. Only Mttl. dis
'ance R"a'~' so near that 1t can i,o
onotoE raTheH ny swing OF The cam
era ~ dead glacier, which shows M.
on the other Side OF the hill a, ~.
west This Is also about = MIL. wIIc
ont u seems 70 end n, the sho.r. and
no icehcrrs come from It's yraa, tus: :.
wall
HAS HIS FIRST SIGHT
or TAXI GLACI.I,
II vas a. O'Clock IN the roruin,,
that had my ers, sight of IN. TAN
Eiaci"r Tn" sun vas ALREADY two
hours y: nor" high. ana It's rays caufb,
the iceherrs which Coated anon, IN ~.
inlet and turned them TO gapaniras.
Jaor" ""F" hundreds ~ these blue !co
masses, through which ot!r e,..,o.
pushed '!'s "ay 10 ~. racc ~ ,h.. lee
wall Tho steamship was ne Hum
mott "i'h crowd ~ tourists on hoard
u TOOK n right up 10 ~" glac,or
50 that wc were within 500 fcct of ,le
ice WHOM W. S'oUp.d
At tals luom.ut ,hc sun s,flcr h,
full. aud 'N" great wall bccarr. o-,o
mass of silver frosted win diamonds
ana sparkling with sapphircs Where
Tho Ice breaks Of the vail looks Uhc
m'Ghtf cutting Of the v.hl,ce. lc.
cream Whcn tue berg faua into H.,
water - rises up iu rirautc noaf!l.
masses OF aqunmarln"