Ascent of Mount St. Elias, Alaska

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography

Authors: Filippo De Filippi In Year : 1900

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Ascent of Mount St. Elias, Alaska

Preface
From Turin to Seattle
From Seattle to Juneau — The Alexander Archipelago and Alaska
From Juneau to Yakutat — The Muir Glacier, Sitka, and the Coast Range
The History of Mount St. Elias
The Malaspina Glacier
Seward Glacier, Dome Pass, and Agassiz Glacier
Newton Glacier
The Ascent of Mount St. Elias
Return from Mount St. Elias to Yakutat
Back to Europe — From Yakutat to London

Although Mount St. Elias had been known to native Americans for thousands of years and to Europeans since 1741 when Vitus Bering saw the peak and gave it its current name, it was not successfully climbed until 1897 by a party lead by Prince Luigi Amadeo di Savoia, Duke of the Abruzzi. This is the story of that expedition. Mount St. Elias was not climbed again for another 50 years when the advent of air support made the logistics of the climb less daunting. - Summary by Fritz