ILLUSTRATIONS
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Ice fall of nearly four thousand feet by which the upper or Harper Glacier
discharges into the lower or Muldrow Glacier (photogravure) Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
The author and Mr. H. P. Karstens 4
Tatum, Esaias, Karstens, Johnny, and Walter, at the Clearwater Camp 8
Striking across from the Tanana to the Kantishna 12
One of the abandoned mining towns in the Kantishna 14
Denali from the McKinley fork of the Kantishna River 16
Entering the range by Cache Creek 18
The base camp at about 4,000 feet on Cache Creek 20
Some heads of game killed at the base camp 22
The Muldrow Glacier. Karstens in the foreground 26
Ascension Day, 1913 30
Bridging a crevasse on the Muldrow Glacier 32
Hard work for dogs as well as men on the Muldrow Glacier 34
The Northeast Ridge shattered by the earthquake in July, 1912 40
Cutting a staircase three miles long in the ice of the shattered ridge 52
The shattered Northeast Ridge 56
Camp at 13,000 feet on Northeast Ridge 60
A dangerous passage 64
The Upper Basin reached at last. Our camp at the Parker Pass at 15,000 feet 72
Above all the range except Denali and Denali’s Wife 76
Traverse under the cliffs of the Northeast Ridge to enter the Grand Basin 82
First camp in the Grand Basin—16,000 feet, looking up 84
Second camp in the Grand Basin—looking down, 16,500 86
Third camp in the Grand Basin—17,000 feet, showing the shattering of the glacier walls by the earthquake 88
The North Peak, 20,000 feet high 90
The South Peak from about 18,000 feet 94
The climbing-irons 98
Denali’s Wife from the summit of Denali (photogravure) 102
Robert Tatum raising the Stars and Stripes on the highest point in North America 104
The saying of the Te Deum 106
Beginning the descent of the ridge; looking down 4,000 feet upon the Muldrow Glacier 122
Johnny Fred, who kept the base camp and fed the dogs and would not touch the sugar 128
“Muk,” the author’s pet malamute 136
Approaching the range 164
Map showing route of the Stuck-Karstens expedition to the summit of Mt. Denali (Mt. McKinley) End of volume