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Alaska’s High Mountains and Great Ice Fields Explored
The article surveys Alaska’s major ranges and peaks, noting Mount St. Elias and Wrangell group volcanoes, vast ice fields led by Malaspina, and the Alaska Range with Mount McKinley. It describes sea routes from Juneau and Skagway, rail projects, and the growing allure of glacier scenery and canning salmon industry along the southern coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince William Sound
Kenai Peninsula
Alaska
Mount St. Elias
Mount Sanford
Blackburn
Mount Wrangell
Mount Drum
Copper River
Juneau
Skagway
Coast
British Columbia
Pacific Seaboard
United States
Seattle
Hanging Valley
Tidewater
Coast Range
White Pass
Great Interior Plateau
Whitehorse
Sitka
Icy Strait
Cross Sound
Mount Edgecumbe
Johns Hopkins
Muir
Brady
Glacier Bay
St. Elias
I. C. Russell
United States Geological Survey
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine
Russell
Duke of
Abruzzi
McKinley
Alaskan
St. Elias and
Fairweather Ranges
Malaspina
North American
Wrangell Range
Chugach Mountains
Wrangell Mountains
Copper
Resurrection Bay
Kenai Mountains
Alaska Central Railroad Company
Matanuska
Susitna
Alaska Range
Fairbanks
Tanana
Lake Clark
Cook Inlet
Mount McKinley
Mount Hayes
Talkeetna Mountains
Talkeetna Group
Susitna River