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Two Americans Conquer High Peak In Yukon. TWO CONQUER HIGH PEAK IN YUKON VALDEZ, Alaska, July 23.—(AP) —The ice-choked peak of Mount Luciana, eighth highest mountain in North America, has been conquered by two youthful Americans. Bradford Washburn Jr., Harvard University geologist, and Robert Bates...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
Americans
peak
Yukon
Alaska
Mount Luciana
North American
Bradford Washburn Jr.
Harvard University geologist
Robert Bates
Philadelphia
glacier-girt peak
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Bates
Pacific
Washburn
glacier
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91134
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Summary:Two Americans Conquer High Peak In Yukon. TWO CONQUER HIGH PEAK IN YUKON VALDEZ, Alaska, July 23.—(AP) —The ice-choked peak of Mount Luciana, eighth highest mountain in North America, has been conquered by two youthful Americans. Bradford Washburn Jr., Harvard University geologist, and Robert Bates of Philadelphia scaled the precipitous heights of the lonely peak in Yukon Territory July 9, they announced here today by Until Washburn and Bates triumphed over the perilous summit. Mount Luciana was one of the last unsealed North American peaks.

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