Prof. J. N. Le Conte and party crossing the rice fields of the Nisqually glacier where the crevasses were a hundred feet in depth. Prof Le Conte found that the Nisqually glacier was flowing at an average rate of 16 miles in 24 hours in the center and from 5 to 6 on each side.

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Prof. J. N. Le Conte and party crossing the rice fields of the Nisqually glacier where the crevasses were a hundred feet in depth. Prof Le Conte found that the Nisqually glacier was flowing at an average rate of 16 miles in 24 hours in the center and from 5 to 6 on each side.

[ca. August 1906]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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