Unveiling the Environmental Heritage of University Museums

Photography of Evettes' glacier

Item

Title
Photography of Evettes' glacier
Description
This is one of the photographs under glass plate of the collection "Emmanuel de Martonne " which contains about 11,000 pictures. It shows the interest of geographer E. de Martonne for glaciers and his questioning on their erosive action.The handwritten legend on the original document reads: "Alps: Valleys, internal alpine massifs: Maurienne: Glacier des Evettes (Hte-Maurienne) seen from the refuge, middle glacial drift - terminal basin with small lakes" .
Creator
Emmanuel de Martonne
Place
Paris, Institut de Géographie
Rights Holder
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Subject
geography of glacier
Temporal Coverage
Modern times
Rights
public domain from January 2025
Open Licence