
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE ALPS, AND ALPINE TRAVELLERS
- CHAPTER II SOME ACCOBNT OF GLACIERS GENERALLY
- CHAPTER III ON THE GEOLOGICAL AGENCY OP GLACIERS
- CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION OF THE HER DE GLACE OF CHAMOUNI
- CHAPTER V DESCRIPTION OF THE MER DE GLACE—CONTINUED
- CHAPTER VI ACCOUNT OF A SURVEY OF THE MER DE GLACE AND ITS ENVIRONS
- CHAPTER VII ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE MOTION OF THE ICE OF THE MER DE GLACE OF CHAM0UNI
- CHAPTER VIII ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE ICE OF GLACIERS, AND OF THE MER DE GLACE IN PARTICULAR
- CHAPTER IX THE TOUB OF MONT BLANC—CHAMOUNI TO COURMAYEUR
- CHAPTER X THE GLACIERS OF MIAGE AND LA BBENVA
- CHAPTER XI ENVIRONS OF COUBMAYEUR—GEOLOGY
- CHAPTER XII THE PASSAGE OF THE COL DU GEANT
- CHAPTER XIII FROM COURMAYEUR TO CHAMOUNI, BY THE COL FERRET AND COL DE BALME
- CHAPTER XIV JOURNEY FROM CHAMOUNI TO VAL PELLINE, BY THE VAL DE BAGNES, AND COL DE FENETRES
- CHAPTER XV FROM VALPELLINE TO EVOLENA BY THE COL DE COLLON
- CHAPTER XVI FROM EVOLENA IN THE VALLEY OF ERIN TO ZERMATT IN THE VALLEY OF ST. NICOLAS, BY THE GLACIERS OF FERPECLE AND ZMUTT
- CHAPTER XVII THE ENVIRONS OF ZERMATT
- CHAPTER XVIII FROM ZERMATT TO GRESSONAY BY THE COL OF MONT CERVIN
- CHAPTER XIX GRESSONAY—MONTE ROSA
- CHAPTER XX TOUR OF MONTE ROSA CONCLUDED—FROM GRESSONAY TO VISP, BY MACUGNAGA AND MONTE MORO
- CHAPTER XXI AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE LEADING PHENOMENA OF GLACIERS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - ACCOUNT OF A SURVEY OF THE MER DE GLACE AND ITS ENVIRONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE ALPS, AND ALPINE TRAVELLERS
- CHAPTER II SOME ACCOBNT OF GLACIERS GENERALLY
- CHAPTER III ON THE GEOLOGICAL AGENCY OP GLACIERS
- CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION OF THE HER DE GLACE OF CHAMOUNI
- CHAPTER V DESCRIPTION OF THE MER DE GLACE—CONTINUED
- CHAPTER VI ACCOUNT OF A SURVEY OF THE MER DE GLACE AND ITS ENVIRONS
- CHAPTER VII ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE MOTION OF THE ICE OF THE MER DE GLACE OF CHAM0UNI
- CHAPTER VIII ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE ICE OF GLACIERS, AND OF THE MER DE GLACE IN PARTICULAR
- CHAPTER IX THE TOUB OF MONT BLANC—CHAMOUNI TO COURMAYEUR
- CHAPTER X THE GLACIERS OF MIAGE AND LA BBENVA
- CHAPTER XI ENVIRONS OF COUBMAYEUR—GEOLOGY
- CHAPTER XII THE PASSAGE OF THE COL DU GEANT
- CHAPTER XIII FROM COURMAYEUR TO CHAMOUNI, BY THE COL FERRET AND COL DE BALME
- CHAPTER XIV JOURNEY FROM CHAMOUNI TO VAL PELLINE, BY THE VAL DE BAGNES, AND COL DE FENETRES
- CHAPTER XV FROM VALPELLINE TO EVOLENA BY THE COL DE COLLON
- CHAPTER XVI FROM EVOLENA IN THE VALLEY OF ERIN TO ZERMATT IN THE VALLEY OF ST. NICOLAS, BY THE GLACIERS OF FERPECLE AND ZMUTT
- CHAPTER XVII THE ENVIRONS OF ZERMATT
- CHAPTER XVIII FROM ZERMATT TO GRESSONAY BY THE COL OF MONT CERVIN
- CHAPTER XIX GRESSONAY—MONTE ROSA
- CHAPTER XX TOUR OF MONTE ROSA CONCLUDED—FROM GRESSONAY TO VISP, BY MACUGNAGA AND MONTE MORO
- CHAPTER XXI AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE LEADING PHENOMENA OF GLACIERS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- Travels through the Alps of Savoy and Other Parts of the Pennine ChainWith Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers, pp. 99 - 123Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1843