ft.
Elevation of Fort Gibbon 334 "
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_Elevation above sea_ 21,008 ft.
USING THE THERMOMETRIC READING OF 7 deg. AT MOUNT
MCKINLEY AND THE U. S. WEATHER BUREAU READING
AT VALDEZ FOR SAME DATE
Mount McKinley, barometric reading 13.617 in.
Barometer reduced to standard temperature +.027 " Temp. 7 deg.
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13.644 in.
Valdez, barometric reading 29.76 in.
Barometer reduced to standard temperature .068 "
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29.692 in. Temp. 54 deg.
Mount McKinley, corrected barometric reading 13.644 in. 21,324 ft.
Valdez, corrected barometric reading 29.692 " 190 "
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21,134 ft.
Mean temperature, 30.5 deg.--approximate
difference in elevation 21,134 ft. -840 "
Latitude, 62 deg.--approximate difference
in elevation 20,295 " +18 "
Mean temperature, 30.5 deg.--approximate
difference in elevation 20,295 ft. +42 ft.
Elevation lowest, 190--approximate
difference in elevation 20,295 " +20 "
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Elevation above Valdez 20,374 ft.
Elevation of Valdez 10 "
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_Elevation above sea_ 20,384 ft.
ALTITUDES OF CAMPING STATIONS
FIRST GLACIER CAMP
Glacier Camp, barometric reading. 22.554 in. Temp. 81 deg.
Barometer reduced to standard temperature -.106 "
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22.448 in.
Fort Gibbon, barometric reading 29.110 in. Temp. 74 deg.
Barometer reduced to standard temperature -.120 "
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28.990 in.
Glacier Camp, correc
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