The Quarterly Review, Volume 101John Murray, 1857 |
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Page 306
snow and ice we are subject to be brought up ' by an impassable obstacle . This occurs even in mountains of second and third rate size . The Riffelhorn near Zermatt , which is now so well known , was deemed inaccessible until within a ...
snow and ice we are subject to be brought up ' by an impassable obstacle . This occurs even in mountains of second and third rate size . The Riffelhorn near Zermatt , which is now so well known , was deemed inaccessible until within a ...
Page 310
... snow couloir of great height and inclination under such circumstances appears to us to be one of the most real dangers of the Alps . But such places can always be safely crossed in the morning when the snow is hard . A surface of ice ...
... snow couloir of great height and inclination under such circumstances appears to us to be one of the most real dangers of the Alps . But such places can always be safely crossed in the morning when the snow is hard . A surface of ice ...
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... snow but of stones from the surface of lofty glaciers niched in the recesses of the higher mountains ) , and in estimating the general condition with reference to consolidation of the snow which may have recently fallen , are important ...
... snow but of stones from the surface of lofty glaciers niched in the recesses of the higher mountains ) , and in estimating the general condition with reference to consolidation of the snow which may have recently fallen , are important ...
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Henry Bradbury with full descriptions of their different | 57 |
Odyssea London 1849 | 80 |
in the Crimea By an Officer on the Staff With | 168 |
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