Robert Fiske Griggs

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Robert Fiske Griggs

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Fiske Griggs , was a botanist who led a 1915 National Geographic Society expedition to observe the aftermath of the Katmai volcanic eruption. National Geographic expeditions In June 1917, Griggs and the eager NGS explorers rushed to the Katmai coast with the express goal of exploring the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. They quickly worked their way up through the ash-filled Katmai River valley and over the pass. It was a month of terror and elation for the twelve adventurers. Through the long Alaska summer days, they took chemical and geologic samples, shot photographs, and made rough maps. Mincing their way across the crumbling, treacherous surface of the hot ash, they studied the temperatures and temperaments of the roaring fumaroles and explored the perilous margins of the pyroclastic deposits. As they explored and documented the valley, they began to build a picture of the eruption. For five years, the American public had been entranced by the exciting volcanic discoveries in Alaska. Hungry for stories to push the horrors of World War I from their minds, thousands of National Geographic subscribers were thrilled to read Griggs' gripping articles about the adventures of his exploring parties.

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Robert Fiske Griggs's Published Works

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The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (1923) (168)
The ecology of rare plants. (1940) (118)
THE COLONIZATION OF THE KATMAI ASH, A NEW AND INORGANIC “SOIL” (1933) (88)
Competition and Succession on a Rocky Mountain Fellfield (1956) (87)
Timberlines in the Northern Rocky Mountains (1938) (72)
The Edge of the Forest in Alaska and the Reasons for Its Position (1934) (60)
Observations on the Behavior of Some Species at the Edges of Their Ranges (57)
The Timberlines of Northern America and their Interpretation (1946) (49)
TIMBERLINES AS INDICATORS OF CLIMATIC TRENDS. (1937) (33)
The Vegetation of the Katmai District (1936) (26)
GROWTH OF LIVERWORTS FROM KATMAI IN NITROGEN‐FREE MEDIA (1934) (16)
The Development and Cytology of Rhodochytrium (1912) (16)
The Effect of the Eruption of Katmai on Land Vegetation (12)
The Problem of Krakatoa as Seen by a Botanist . By C. A. Backer, formerly government botanist for the flora of Java. For sale by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. 18 by 26 cm. 299 pp. (1930) (11)
THE MICROFLORA OF THE ASH OF KATMAI VOLCANO WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA (1932) (11)
A botanical survey of the Sugar Grove region / by Robert F. Griggs. (9)
The Beginnings of Revegetation in Katmai Valley (Part IX of Series) (1919) (9)
On the Characters and Relationships of the Platanaceae (1909) (8)
The Eruption of Katmai (1918) (8)
Observations on the Edge of the Forest in the Kodiak Region of Alaska (1914) (8)
The Recovery of Vegetation at Kodiak (Part I in Series) (1918) (8)
INDICATIONS AS TO CLIMATIC CHANGES FROM THE TIMBERLINE OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. (1942) (7)
The Buffalo River: An Interesting Meandering Stream (6)
Some New Species and Varieties of Bihai (1915) (6)
Mitosis in Synchytrium with Some Observations on the Individuality of the Chromosomes (1909) (5)
On Some Species of Heliconia (1903) (4)
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: an account of the discovery and exploration of the most wonderful volcanic region in the world (4)
BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE IN THE POSTWAR WORLD. (1945) (4)
Some Aspects of Amitosis in Synchytrium (1909) (4)
GROWTH OF LIVERWORTS FROM KATMAI ON “NITROGEN‐FREE” SAND (1937) (3)
The Character of the Eruption as Indicated by its Effects on Nearby Vegetation (Part IV of Series) (3)
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, by Robert F. Griggs, PH. D.; with 9 maps and 233 illustrations. (3)
Behaviour of Plant Species at the Edges of Their Ranges@@@Observations on the Geographical Composition of the Sugar Grove Flora.@@@Observations on the Behaviour of Some Species at the Edges of their Ranges. (1914) (3)
The Great Hot Mud Flow of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (Part III of Series) (1918) (3)
Monochytrium, a New Genus of the Chytridiales, its Life History and Cytology (2)
Shall Biologists Set Up a National Institute? (1947) (2)
Glacier Bay, Alaska, Proclaimed a National Monument by the President (1925) (2)
Divided lakes in western Minnesota (1909) (2)
The Great Mageik Landslide (Part XII of Series) (1920) (2)
A Contribution to the Arctic‐Alpine Problem (1930) (2)
Two New Species of American Wild Bananas with a Revision of the Generic Name (1904) (1)
Cymathere, a Kelp from the Western Coast (1907) (1)
THE KATMAI NATIONAL MONUMENT AND THE VALLEY OF TEN THOUSAND SMOKES. (1919) (1)
Juvenile Kelps and the Recapitulation Theory. I. I. The Development of Certain Kelps (1909) (1)
Forest and Fungus Succession (1940) (1)
Notes on the Bird Life of Cedar Point (1901) (1)
THE ORGANIZATION OF BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE. (1942) (1)
Are the Ten Thousand Smokes Real Volcanoes? (Part II in Series) (1918) (1)
The Paper Shortage and Scientific Publication (1944) (0)
Nicotinic acid (1942) (0)
Notes on Interesting Ohio Willows (1903) (0)
On the Death of William Ashbrook Kellerman (1908) (0)
Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Robert F. Griggs on 1947-07-08 (1947) (0)
Eupatorium Rotundifolium in Ohio (1911) (0)
A Cytological Life Cycle (1913) (0)
Phlox Stolonifera Rediscovered in Ohio (0)
Notes of Travel in Porto Rico (1901) (0)
Motile Isogametes in the Chytridiales (1913) (0)
Meeting of the Biological Club (0)
The Sporophylls of Lessoniopsis (1909) (0)
A Reducing Division in Ascaris (1906) (0)
Cytology of the Chytridineae (1912) (0)
A Diurnal Rotation in Leaves of Marsilea (1906) (0)
The Katmai National Monument and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (1919) (0)
The Vernation of Salix (1901) (0)
On the Cytology of Synchytrium : III. The Role of the Centrosome in the Reconstruction of the Nucleus (1908) (0)
Eupatorium Aromaticum in Ohio (1911) (0)
Viola Hirsutula in Ohio (1910) (0)
Volcanoes of Katmai District in 1930 (1931) (0)
THE PAPER SHORTAGE AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION. (1944) (0)
Cytology and Sexuality of Olpidiopsis (1912) (0)
The War and Chronica Botanica (1939) (0)
THE WAR AND CHRONICA BOTANICA. (1939) (0)
A Note on Amitosis by Construction in Synchytrium (1909) (0)
The Thickness of the Columbus Limestone (0)
An Ohio Station for Phacelia Dubia (1911) (0)

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