“Keen's experience on {{w|Mount Blackburn}} inextricably linked her with the {{w|Alaska#U.S. territorial incorporation|Alaska frontier}}. In 1914 she returned to explore the {{w|Harvard Glacier}} in {{w|Prince William Sound}}, hiring the plucky Handy, a local sourdough, and a topographer from Boston. The {{w|United States Board on Geographic Names|Board of Geographic Names}} later named a section of the {{w|Chugach Mountains}} near the Harvard Glacier the Dora Keen Range.Keen wrote and gave lectures about her expeditions. She wanted to reach out in particular to other women.”

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