The Glaciers of Savoy

Abstract

AN important and unusually interesting report, of more than two hundred pages, on the glaciers of Savoy, especially those of the Mont Blanc "massif,"the Tarantaise Alps, and those of Haut Maurienne, has been recently issued by the Ministére de l'Agriculture, Département (Direction Générale) des Eaux et forêts. It is entitled “Etudes glaciologiques,”and represents most valuable results, from the beginning of the century down to the year 1920, obtained by a special “Commission glaciaire de Savoie,” composed of high officers of the Departement des Eaux et forêts, aided by specially appointed geologists, geodesy experts, M. Tairraz, the well - known Alpine photographer of Chamonix, and the late M. Joseph Vallot of the Mont Blanc observatory. In spite of the unavoidable reduction of the staff during the War, several members indeed being among the fatal casualties, the work was continued throughout the terrible four years 1914–1918.