Barrett Glacier near Mount Blackburn, 1911

Photographs of Dora Keen's 1911 mountaineering expedition to Mount Blackburn, Alaska Handwritten on verso: Barrett Glacier from base camp. To reach 2 on it took 4 days of precious good weather & food in vain. Constant avalanches made it unsafe to stop to chop steps except from 3-9 A.M. Summ...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Glaciers > Alaska
Mountains > Alaska
Barrett
Barrett Glacier
Blackburn
Mount Blackburn
glacier
glaciers
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1423
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Summary:Photographs of Dora Keen's 1911 mountaineering expedition to Mount Blackburn, Alaska Handwritten on verso: Barrett Glacier from base camp. To reach 2 on it took 4 days of precious good weather & food in vain. Constant avalanches made it unsafe to stop to chop steps except from 3-9 A.M. Summit to left of what seems highest point There is a number 2 written in pencil on upper half of image. This refers to the 2 mentioned on verso. PH Coll 453.5

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