Oscillations of French Glaciers ¹

Abstract

THIS part of the valuable publication issued by the French Government, is chiefly devoted to the glaciers of Savoy, because, though those of the Pyrenees have been studied with the same thoroughness, they have not attracted so much notice in the past, and thus less information was obtainable. In Savoy also the history of the glaciers of the Mont Blanc range is far more complete than in the Maurienne, because, fewer than seventy years ago, these districts were but rarely visited by travellers. Careful search in the archives and libraries of Annecy, Geneva, and Chamonix has discovered more than could have been anticipated about the history of the Mont Blanc glaciers, and that of the Glacier du Bois has been traced back with fair completeness for more than three centuries.