mi. of North America were covered
by the various glacial advances,
reaching as far south as the Ohio
and Missouri rivers. Alaska was!
free from glaciers except in its j
mountainous areas.
The Territory presents a rich!
life of the Pleistocene, scattered
remains of that life occurring \
throughout many sections. Space j
does not permit even the naming
of all the animals that were known
to exist in Alaska but a few of the
larger ones are here mentioned:
Elephas primigenius or the hairy
mammoth: mastadon; both the
true and extinct species of Olvibus,
or the musk ox: reindeer; moose;
caribou; mount ain sheep and
mountain goats; bison, both the
long horned and also those re
sembling recent species; horse; bea
ver; various members of the cat
and bear families and various oth
er carnivores.
Specimens Gathered
Through the efforts of President
Charles E. Bunnell and the cour
tesy of the officers of the Fair
banks Exploration Company, col
lecting of the bones of the ani
mals that lived during the Pleisto
cene times has been carried on
during the past five summers joint
ly by the American Museum of
Natural History and the Alaska
College. These bones are tempor
arily deposited in the American
Museum for exhibition and study
and some, when the animals are
reconstructed, will be placed in
the Alaska College museum.
