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Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers.

Hudson Stuck

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Hudson Stuck
Age: 56 †
Born: 1863
Born: November 11
Died: 1920
Died: October 10
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