Northwest History. Alaska, Glaciers. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: glacier; Alaska; the Revell family; Black Rapids glacier; rumbling; roaring; roadhouse; New York; mansion; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Eternity; Pacific; glaciers
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92226

Defying A Glacier. Defying a Glacier. IN ALASKA, the Revell family are defying Black Rapids glacier which, without seeming provocation and after remaining perfectly calm for several million years, suddenly started coming down upon them, rumbling and roaring and acting up generally as it advances. Its icy snout is only about a mile away from their roadhouse now, but they're still serving ye olde blue plate special—choice of jello or stewed prunes—as usual. The Revells couldn't be New York people. In New York, everybody strives to move at least once every two years, whether there's reason for it or not. A lady fiat dweller there likes the scriptural promise of a house of many mansions because it gives her such a warm glow to think of spending eternity shifting from one mansion to another, redecorating as she goes.