Alaska.

This article is abridged and edited from no. 167-5. In addition, Muir includes the story of his exploration of Glacier Bay in 1879, making this the first publication of his writing of his exploration of Glacier Bay. Muir closes his essay with brief comments on his return visits in 1880 and 1890, con...

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Published: Alaska via Northern Pacific R.R. St. Paul, [Minn.]: Northern Pacific Railroad, 1891 1891
Subjects:
Crystal Hill
Glacier Bay
glacier
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1576
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/1576 2023-05-15T16:20:22+02:00 Alaska. 1891 Single leaf, 35 x 79 cm., folded into 18 numbered pp. of text, illus., maps, and timetables. http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1576 unknown Alaska via Northern Pacific R.R. St. Paul, [Minn.]: Northern Pacific Railroad, 1891 See also: no. 187; no. 200 1891 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:38Z This article is abridged and edited from no. 167-5. In addition, Muir includes the story of his exploration of Glacier Bay in 1879, making this the first publication of his writing of his exploration of Glacier Bay. Muir closes his essay with brief comments on his return visits in 1880 and 1890, concluding: "Fain would I describe the glories of those months in the ice-world-the beautiful and terrible network of crevasses . the thousand streams ringing and gurgling in azure channels cut in the living body of the glacier, the glorious radiance of the sunbeams falling on crystal hill and dale, the rosy glow of the dawn and sunset . . and the mysterious splendor of the Auroras when the nights grow long . But this would require a volume, while here I have only the space to add-Go to Alaska, go and see." Other/Unknown Material glacier Alaska University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Crystal Hill ENVELOPE(-57.735,-57.735,-63.647,-63.647) Glacier Bay
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description This article is abridged and edited from no. 167-5. In addition, Muir includes the story of his exploration of Glacier Bay in 1879, making this the first publication of his writing of his exploration of Glacier Bay. Muir closes his essay with brief comments on his return visits in 1880 and 1890, concluding: "Fain would I describe the glories of those months in the ice-world-the beautiful and terrible network of crevasses . the thousand streams ringing and gurgling in azure channels cut in the living body of the glacier, the glorious radiance of the sunbeams falling on crystal hill and dale, the rosy glow of the dawn and sunset . . and the mysterious splendor of the Auroras when the nights grow long . But this would require a volume, while here I have only the space to add-Go to Alaska, go and see."
title Alaska.
spellingShingle Alaska.
title_short Alaska.
title_full Alaska.
title_fullStr Alaska.
title_full_unstemmed Alaska.
title_sort alaska.
publisher Alaska via Northern Pacific R.R. St. Paul, [Minn.]: Northern Pacific Railroad, 1891
publishDate 1891
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long_lat ENVELOPE(-57.735,-57.735,-63.647,-63.647)
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Glacier Bay
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Glacier Bay
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Alaska
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Alaska
op_relation See also: no. 187; no. 200
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