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1859.]
FIRST DEFEAT, AND FRESH ATTEMPT,
195
een
WINTER EXPEDITION TO THE MER
DE GLACE, 1859.
(27.)
Having ten days at my disposal last Christmas, I was
anxious to employ them in making myself acquainted with
the winter aspects and phenomena of the Mer de Glace.
On Wednesday, the 21st of December, I accordingly took
my place to Paris, but on arriving at Folkestone found
the sea so tempestuous that no boat would venture out.
The loss of a single day was more than I could afford,
and this failure really involved the loss of two. Seeing,
therefore, the prospect of any practical success so small,
I returned to London, purposing to give the expedition
up. On the following day, however, the weather lightened,
and I started again, reaching Paris on Friday morning.
On that day it was not possible to proceed beyond Macon,
where, accordingly, I spent the night, and on the following
day reached Geneva.
Much snow had fallen; at Paris it still cumbered the
streets, and round about Macon it lay thick, as if a more
than usually heavy cloud had discharged itself on that
portion of the country. Between Macon and Roussillon
it was lighter, but from the latter station onwards the
quantity upon the ground gradually increased.
On Christmas morning, at 8 o'clock, I left Geneva by
the diligence for Sallenches. The dawn was dull, but the
sky cleared as the day advanced, and finally a dome of
cloudless blue stretched overhead. The mountains were
grand; their sunward portions of dazzling whiteness, while
the shaded sides, in contrast with the blue sky behind them,
presented a ruddy, subjective tint. The brightness of the
k 2
M
■iw
III
Ii
.ill £_'
H
| Title | Tyndall, John, 1860, The Glaciers of the Alps. |
| Alternative Title | Glaciers of the Alps. |
| Creator | John Tyndall 1820-1893. |
| Subject |
Glaciers -- Alps. Alps -- Description and travel. Color. |
| Publisher | London : John Murray ... |
| DateOriginal | 1860 |
| Format | Tiff |
| Extent | 33 cm. |
| Identifier | col022 |
| Call Number | QE576.T914 1860 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Color Science |
| Collection | Ice - 19th Century Polar Exploration & Glacial Studies |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/ |
| Data Contributor | Linda Hall Library, LHL Digital Collections. |
| Title | Page 195. |
| Creator | John Tyndall 1820-1893. |
| Subject |
Glaciers -- Alps. Alps -- Description and travel. Color. |
| Publisher | London : John Murray ... |
| Format | tiff |
| Identifier | col022228 |
| Call Number | QE576.T914 1860 |
| Relation-Is part of | Is part of: The glaciers of the Alps : Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an exposition of the physical princples to which they are related / By John Tyndall... |
| Relation | Color Science |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/ |
| OCR Transcript | 1859.] FIRST DEFEAT, AND FRESH ATTEMPT, 195 een WINTER EXPEDITION TO THE MER DE GLACE, 1859. (27.) Having ten days at my disposal last Christmas, I was anxious to employ them in making myself acquainted with the winter aspects and phenomena of the Mer de Glace. On Wednesday, the 21st of December, I accordingly took my place to Paris, but on arriving at Folkestone found the sea so tempestuous that no boat would venture out. The loss of a single day was more than I could afford, and this failure really involved the loss of two. Seeing, therefore, the prospect of any practical success so small, I returned to London, purposing to give the expedition up. On the following day, however, the weather lightened, and I started again, reaching Paris on Friday morning. On that day it was not possible to proceed beyond Macon, where, accordingly, I spent the night, and on the following day reached Geneva. Much snow had fallen; at Paris it still cumbered the streets, and round about Macon it lay thick, as if a more than usually heavy cloud had discharged itself on that portion of the country. Between Macon and Roussillon it was lighter, but from the latter station onwards the quantity upon the ground gradually increased. On Christmas morning, at 8 o'clock, I left Geneva by the diligence for Sallenches. The dawn was dull, but the sky cleared as the day advanced, and finally a dome of cloudless blue stretched overhead. The mountains were grand; their sunward portions of dazzling whiteness, while the shaded sides, in contrast with the blue sky behind them, presented a ruddy, subjective tint. The brightness of the k 2 M ■iw III Ii .ill £_' H |
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