Skating pond, Mount Kenya, Kenya, ca.1928

“The Skating Pond. 16,000 feet up. This is very close to 2nd rest house. This pond varies in size, at times being very small. It is formed from the melting of the Lewis glacier seen above.” Landscape view of a mountain peak with a glacier running down one side and two figures next to a frozen pond....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) 2014
Subjects:
glaciers bodies of water
lakes
landscapes environments
mountains
Archibald
Pond Mount
Lewis Glacier
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80592
https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1EZR05H
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Summary:“The Skating Pond. 16,000 feet up. This is very close to 2nd rest house. This pond varies in size, at times being very small. It is formed from the melting of the Lewis glacier seen above.” Landscape view of a mountain peak with a glacier running down one side and two figures next to a frozen pond. Chogoria mission was only 35 miles from the summit. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.

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