Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Chessler Books Accepts PAYPAL Chessler Books Accepts VISA Chessler Books Accepts MASTERCARD Chessler Books Accepts DISCOVER CARD Chessler Books Accepts AMERICAN EXPRESS
All Orders Shipped via United States Postal Service   Chessler Books Ships Via USPS
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M Mc N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
Item #: OP3887-886
SECOND EXPEDITION TO MOUNT SAINT ELIAS IN 1891 Israel C. Russell Off-print from 13th USGS Report
By Russell, Israel C.
Price: $29.99

List Price: $100.00
You Save $70.01 (70%)



Add to wish list


Detailed Product Description
SECOND EXPEDITION TO MOUNT SAINT ELIAS IN 1891 Israel C. Russell, Wash DC, 1891. 91 pp, tipped in map, illustrated with plates from photos and drawings in text. Bound as a tall softcover with plastic punched binding in Near Fine condition. 

A Nat Geo timeline on Wkipedia states that Russell's 1890 St Elias expedition was the first sponsored scientific expedition. 

United States Geological Survey Report.
From the introductory note: "The USGS and the National Geographic Society united in sending a small exploring party to Mount St. Elias, Alaska, in the summer of 1890. The country visited proved of such great interest both to geologists and geographers that it was decided to renew the study of the various problems it offered during the following year. A second expedition, under the same auspices as the first was therefore dispatched to the same region in 1891, with instructions to extend the work begun the year before and to make a second attempt to reach the summit of Mount St. Elias."

The paper describes the purpose of the second expedition, along with observations made during the visit.

Mount Saint Elias is a snow covered pyramid, which is continually blasted by storms, since it is less than 50 km from the ocean. It's located on the Alaska-Yukon border, about 30 km southwest across the Seward Glacier from Mount Logan. It is the second highest peak in both Canada and USA. Because of its proximity to the ocean, it was discovered long before either Mount Logan or Mount McKinley. 

Mount Saint Elias was the first land sighted in Western North America by Vitus Bering from his ship, the St. Peter, on July 16, 1741. For many years, Mount Saint Elias was beleived to be the highest mountain in North America, and was also the first to be climbed. It is the source of the Malaspina Icefield, the largest single icefield in Alaska. On the US side, the Malaspina spreads from the mountain over 4000 square km, eventually flowing to the Gulf of Alaska. The first expedition to Saint Elias was in 1886, sponsored by the New York times and led by Frederick Schwatka and reached 2200 meters. Two years later the Topham party from England reached 3500 m. 

In 1890 and 1891 Israel Russell of the University of Michigan led a "scientific" expedition reached 4400 m but was stopped by the all too common storms of the area. However, they did produce some fairly accurate maps and estimated the height of the peak to within 30 meters of its true value.The Saint Elias Mountains is subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges located in southeastern Alaska (United States), southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia (Canada).



Other Items You Might Like

  • Similar Items Available
  • Items From This Author
  • Items From This Category
THE RAVEN AND THE MOUNTAINEER: EXPLORATIONS OF THE ST ELIAS MOUNTAINS Monty Alford 2019 1st ed Softcover Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Alford, Monty
Price $13.95 ~ Regular $30.00, You Save $16.05 (53%)
- Item # BK4614-8597
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
BRADFORD WASHBURN: MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY Bradford Washburn 1999 Rare 1st ed Large Hardcover SIGNED by Bradford Washburn
By: Washburn, Bradford, Antony Decaneas
Price $250.00 ~ Regular $350.00, You Save $100.00 (29%)
- Item # BK1642A-832p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES OF THE EQUATOR 2 Volumes Edward Whymper 1891-92 1st UK ed Hardcover Very Good 2 Sets Available
By: Whymper, Edward
Price $299.99 ~ Regular $750.00, You Save $450.01 (60%)
- Item # OP1729A-9332p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
BIS ZUR SPITZE DES MOUNT EVEREST [TO THE TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST "THE FIGHT FOR EVEREST 1924"] E.F. Norton 1926 1st Swiss ed Hardcover Fine
By: Norton, E.F.
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $100.00, You Save $90.01 (90%)
- Item # OP63G-830
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 1935 March Mount Crillon Alaska First Ascent by Bradford Washburn
By: National Geographic Magazine 1935 March
Price $24.95 ~ Regular $40.00, You Save $15.05 (38%)
- Item # NG3503-875
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
A MOST HOSTILE MOUNTAIN: MOUNT SAINT ELIAS Jon Waterman 1997 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Waterman, Jonathan
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $25.00, You Save $15.01 (60%)
- Item # BK1652-8486
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SUMMIT: VITTORIO SELLA: MOUNTAINEERING & PHOTOGRAPHER THE YEARS 1879-1909 Vittorio Sella 1999 1st ed NEW CONDITION HARDCOVER! MULTIPLE COPIES AVAILABLE
By: Sella, Vittorio.
Price $29.95 ~ Regular $59.95, You Save $30.00 (50%)
- Item # BK1406-8425
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AMERICA Fred Beckey 1982 1st ed Hardcover 2 copies available [Not signed]
By: Beckey, Fred
Price $34.99 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $40.01 (53%)
- Item # OP219D-8402p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
LE GOUFFRE DE LA PIERRE SAINT-MARTIN [The Cave of Pierre St Martin] Haroun Tazieff 1953 Paperback, DJ Near Fine
By: Tazieff, Haroun
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.01 (50%)
- Item # OP4876-830
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAINEERING, THE THE FREEDOM OF HILLS Harvey Manning 1960 1st ed Rare DJ Fine
By: Manning, Harvey
Price $250.00 ~ Regular $275.00, You Save $25.00 (9%)
- Item # OP428C-834
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
Sorry, we were unable find any similar items available by this author.


AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2024 Multiple copies available
By: American Alpine Club 2024 Journal
Price $45.00
- Item # AAJ2024-8345
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ALONE AT THE TOP: CLIMBING DENALI IN THE DEAD OF WINTER Lonnie Dupre 2018 1st ed Softcover Fine SIGNED by Lonnie Dupre
By: Dupre, Lonnie and Pam Louwagie
Price $29.95
- Item # BK4697B-841
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
HIGH CONQUEST THE STORY OF MOUNTAINEERING James Ramsey Ullman 1941 5th-6th imp Hardcover DJ Very Good - Near Fine
By: Ullman, James Ramsey
Price $4.99 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $30.01 (86%)
- Item # OP1396-893
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
GOING UP: TALES TOLD ALONG THE ROAD TO EL CAPITAN [Yosemite First Ascents] 2012 1st ed New Hardcover DJ SIGNED by Joe Fitschen Multiple copies available
By: Fitschen, Joe
Price $19.99 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $15.01 (43%)
- Item # BK7609-84221
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 1935 March Mount Crillon Alaska First Ascent by Bradford Washburn
By: National Geographic Magazine 1935 March
Price $24.95 ~ Regular $40.00, You Save $15.05 (38%)
- Item # NG3503-875
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
A READER'S GUIDE TO THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING 1981 MT MCKINLEY ACCIDENT 1st ed Paperback Fine Multiple copies available. SIGNED by Joe Wilcox
By: Wilcox, Joe
Price $125.00
- Item # OP1259-8413
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN VOL. XXXV NO. 6 June 1950 Softcover Very Good-Fine Multiple Copies Available. Ansel Adams Photos
By: Sierra Club
Price $10.00
- Item # JR477-1363
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MINUS THREE: McKinley, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro Gene Mason 1970 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Gene Mason + nice ephemera
By: Mason, Gene
Price $125.00
- Item # OP1002C-854
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
GLACIER ICE Austin Post, Edward LaChapelle 1971 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine
By: Post, Austin and Edward R. LaChapelle
Price $45.00 ~ Regular $125.00, You Save $80.00 (64%)
- Item # PL615-883p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
BEYOND EVEREST: QUEST FOR THE SUMMIT OF DREAMS Patrick Morrow 1986 1st ed Softcover Fine SIGNED by Pat Morrow
By: Morrow, Patrick
Price $35.00 ~ Regular $100.00, You Save $65.00 (65%)
- Item # OP350C-883
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart