The Ascent of Mount St. Elias, Alaska
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
Genre(s): Travel & Geography
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Preface | Phil Schempf |
00:13:45 |
| Play 01 | From Turin to Seattle | Phil Schempf |
00:19:14 |
| Play 02 | From Seattle to Juneau — The Alexander Archipelago and Alaska | Phil Schempf |
00:19:14 |
| Play 03 | From Juneau to Yakutat — The Muir Glacier, Sitka, and the Coast Range | Phil Schempf |
00:22:26 |
| Play 04 | The History of Mount St. Elias | Phil Schempf |
00:38:40 |
| Play 05 | The Malaspina Glacier | Phil Schempf |
00:48:20 |
| Play 06 | Seward Glacier, Dome Pass, and Agassiz Glacier | Phil Schempf |
00:38:36 |
| Play 07 | Newton Glacier | Phil Schempf |
00:31:50 |
| Play 08 | The Ascent of Mount St. Elias | Phil Schempf |
00:28:30 |
| Play 09 | Return from Mount St. Elias to Yakutat | Phil Schempf |
00:25:20 |
| Play 10 | Back to Europe — From Yakutat to London | Phil Schempf |
00:10:38 |