Which preposition to use with glaciers

of Occurrences 43%

The glaciers of Switzerland, like those of the Sierra, are mere wasting remnants of mighty ice-floods that once filled the great valleys and poured into the sea.

on Occurrences 10%

One of the largest of the Himalaya glaciers on the head waters of the Ganges does not, according to Captain Hodgson, descend below 12,914 feet.

in Occurrences 5%

The number of glaciers in the Alps, according to the Schlagintweit brothers, is 1100, of which 100 may be regarded as primary, and the total area of ice, snow, and névé is estimated at 1177 square miles, or an average for each glacier of little more than one square mile.

of Occurrences 5%

The Glaciers of the Alps.

to Occurrences 5%

In Inca Land one may pass from glaciers to tree ferns within a few hours.

at Occurrences 4%

I first discovered this charming lake in the autumn of 1872, while on my way to the glaciers at the head of the river.

between Occurrences 2%

When I was exploring the glaciers between Mount Fairweather and the Stikeen River, one cold day in November, after trying in vain to force a way through the innumerable icebergs of Sum Dum Bay to the great glaciers at the head of it, I was weary and baffled and sat resting in my canoe convinced at last that I would have to leave this part of my work for another year.

through Occurrences 2%

His orders were to search the edge of the land and glacier through the sweep of the Bay to the Barne Glacier and to Cape Barne beyond, then to turn east along an open crack and follow it to Inaccessible Island.

down Occurrences 2%

The crags of the summit and the sections exposed by the glaciers down the sides display enough of its internal framework to prove that comparatively long periods of quiescence intervened between many distinct eruptions, during which the cooling lavas ceased to flow, and became permanent additions to the bulk of the growing mountain.

without Occurrences 1%

It looks as though we ought to get through to the Glacier without great difficulty.

about Occurrences 1%

This fragmentary ice-sheet, and the immense glaciers about Mount St. Elias, together with the multitude of separate river-like glaciers that load the slopes of the coast mountains, evidently once formed part of a continuous ice-sheet that flowed over all the region hereabouts, and only a comparatively short time ago extended as far southward as the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, probably farther.

to Occurrences 1%

Facing p. 126 Mount Terror and its Glaciers 126 The Royal Society Mountains of Victoria LandTelephoto Study from Cape Evans 284 Mount Erebus and Glaciers to the Turk's Head 284

as Occurrences 1%

Bears frequently accept the pathways laid down by glaciers as the easiest to travel; but they often leave them and cross over from cañon to cañon.

behind Occurrences 1%

There must be several square miles of perfectly safe Ski-ing on the glaciers behind the Joch, which provide Nursery slopes just as good as anything found in Winter.

by Occurrences 1%

At this season they keep on the glaciers by preference.

from Occurrences 1%

It is found on the glaciers from the Lynn Canal to the northern range of the St. Elias Alps, and, as its name implies, is of a bluish color.

over Occurrences 1%

I traced the paths of the ancient glaciers over many a shining pavement, and marked the gaps in the upper forests that told the power of the winter avalanches.

than Occurrences 1%

Yet the eye lingers longer in the direction of the Aletsch Glacier than anywhere else, this frozen river running for miles and turning to the right at the little green basin of water full of pieces of floating ice, called the Marjelen Lake, or See, at the foot of the Eggishorn, which is unique and lovely.

toward Occurrences 1%

" From the Schwarzsee (8,495 feet, where there is an excellent hotel), there is a fine survey of the Matterhorn, and also a splendid panorama, on three sides, one view up the glaciers toward the Monte Rosa, another over the valley to the Dent Blanche and other great peaks, and still another to the far distant Bernese Oberland.

with Occurrences 1%

Evans is constructing plans of the Dry Valley and Koettlitz Glacier with the help of the Western Party.

Which preposition to use with  glaciers