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18 ice also, while the strip of sandy shore is only a few feet wide [when the] at high tide [is in]. The view of the ice cliff [&] [pinnacles] [spires] [ridges] etc very telling a [glorious] picture of natures power & beauty & industry A [few] feet from shore (100 or 150) a large stream...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2858 2023-08-27T04:09:33+02:00 June-July 1890, Trip to Alaska; June-August 1893, Trip to Norway Image 12 Muir, John 1890-06-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1859 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2858/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1859 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2858/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1890 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:03:15Z 18 ice also, while the strip of sandy shore is only a few feet wide [when the] at high tide [is in]. The view of the ice cliff [&] [pinnacles] [spires] [ridges] etc very telling a [glorious] picture of natures power & beauty & industry A [few] feet from shore (100 or 150) a large stream issues from an [fine] arched tunnel in the wall of the gl [glacier]. the blue of the ice being of an exquisite [tone] while the water is of a strange smoky brown like that of [some] [common] bears. Not in the least milky more like brown sooty smoke. The M gl [glacier] is about 2 1/2 or 3 ms [miles] wide at its front shaped thus. Only the central portion discharges bergs The two wings advanced B B are wingshaped masses of snout advanced on & over the older stratified deposits forming bluffs on each side the [Sketch:] [Front] wall 630 ft [feet] deep 300 ft [feet] h [high] 1 mile wide 720 deep Bluffs as on opp [opposite] side [Muir] Inlet Bluffs stratified drift mostly finely rolled & water [ ] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2858/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier glacier Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Norway |
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18 ice also, while the strip of sandy shore is only a few feet wide [when the] at high tide [is in]. The view of the ice cliff [&] [pinnacles] [spires] [ridges] etc very telling a [glorious] picture of natures power & beauty & industry A [few] feet from shore (100 or 150) a large stream issues from an [fine] arched tunnel in the wall of the gl [glacier]. the blue of the ice being of an exquisite [tone] while the water is of a strange smoky brown like that of [some] [common] bears. Not in the least milky more like brown sooty smoke. The M gl [glacier] is about 2 1/2 or 3 ms [miles] wide at its front shaped thus. Only the central portion discharges bergs The two wings advanced B B are wingshaped masses of snout advanced on & over the older stratified deposits forming bluffs on each side the [Sketch:] [Front] wall 630 ft [feet] deep 300 ft [feet] h [high] 1 mile wide 720 deep Bluffs as on opp [opposite] side [Muir] Inlet Bluffs stratified drift mostly finely rolled & water [ ] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2858/thumbnail.jpg |
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