THE
EXPEDITION
Mount Logan
Mount
Logan, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Located in the Yukon Territory of Canada
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Highest point in Canada, 2nd highest in North
America
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Location:
(140° 23’ W 60° 34’ N) in
the St.Elias Mountains
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Height
5,959m
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Kluane
National Park a 8,500 square mile (22,00 square-kilometres)
area
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Measured
by its base circumference, it is the most massive
mountain in the world and is 32 km long with
the ridge crest approximately 16 km across.
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Named
after Sir William Logan (1978-1875), founder
of the Geological Survey of Canada.
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First
Ascent: June 23, 1925 – Allen Carpe, William
Foster, Fred Lambart, Albert MacCarthy, Norman
Read, Andrew Taylor
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