Mount Abdallah and Rendu Glacier, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, circa 1892

• Main Author: Reid, Harry Fielding, 1859-1944
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Glaciers > Alaska > Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; Mountains > Alaska > Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; Abdallah; Mount (Alaska); Rendu Glacier (Alaska); Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (Alaska); Glacier Bay; Rendu; Rendu Glacier; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2029

Caption on mount: 397. Mt. Abdallah and Rendu Glacier. H.F.R. 1892. PH Coll 334 Reid HF.2 Reid has been recognized as the first American geophysicist, specializing in the study of glaciers. His glacial studies included an extended survey of the Glacier Bay region in 1890 and 1892. With a team of five others, he mapped the glacier area of over 900 square miles. His research continued for several years, and his findings were published in a paper on the Glacier Bay area of Alaska in 1896. (16th Annual Report., U. S. Geological Survey). Mount Abdallah and Rendu Glacier were named by Reid in the 1890's.