Word: coast
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Davis made the trip to South Africa last summer with the British Association. All the places of interest, including the gold and the diamond mines, were visited and the return journey was made along the East Coast and through...
...Peabody Museum has recently acquired a fine collection of Indian relics from the northern coast of America, southern Alaska, British Columbia, and northern California. They are the gift of Mr. L. H. Farlow, brother of Professor W. G. Farlow '66, instructor in the Botanical Department, and include many implements of native manufacture. Mr. Farlow has presented many Indian relics to the Museum during the last three years...
...visited, and from here the party proceeded to Geysir. At Geysir are situated the largest boiling spring in Iceland, and an extensive field of smaller hot springs. Five days later, after travelling east ward, the expedition started across the Sprengisandr Desert, on its way to Akureyri, on the north coast. The route taken is considered the hardest way of crossing the island, as many fords have to be made, the deepest that across the Thojorsa River, the largest of the rivers of Iceland. On this part of the trip the party passed near Mt. Heckle, the famous volcano...
...Webster 1M will give an account of his trip and experiences in Labrador last summer. Webster spent several weeks in assisting Dr. Grenfell, who spoke in the Union last year, in his medical work on the hospital ship "Strathcona," and in the hospitals for fishermen on the Labrado coast. A quartette from the Glee Club will sing several selections. Books from the House libraries and magazines will be available for use during the afternoon...
...will leave Boston early in June. His party, limited to ten men, will meet in Edinburgh on July 8. Sailing from Scotland, they will join Professor Jaggar in Reykjavik on July 16. Together the two parties will cross to the north of Iceland and thence proceed eastward along the coast, visiting the important geysers, glaciers and volcanoes...