June-July 1890, Trip to Alaska; June-August 1893, Trip to Norway Image 19

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1890
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Fairweather; Norway; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1866; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2865/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

32 trembling & sprawling at my feet I stood still until they began to peep The mother answered Too Too Too. & showed admirable judgement & love & devotion. She was in brown plumage with white wings. main [ ], Had fine grounds to lead her young. Not a cld [cloud] in sky. A faint film to N [north] in morning wh [which] vanished by noon leaving all the sky [was] open & flooded with soft hazy light The [glorious] magnificent mtns [mountains] around [ftns] [foundations] of the gl [glacier]. The great bosom of gl [glacier] itself [brown] bluish on E [east]. pure white on W [west] & N [north]. its trains of mors [moraines] in magnificent curving lines & many colors black gray red brown etc. The crevassed section the 100 ftns [foundations]. The grand [St Elias] Fairweather Range. The [thunder] 33 of the falling bergs. The fleet of bergs in the inlet -- pictures of beauty & power. Natures most impressive displays of [ftn] [endless] action & beauty. [July 2. Another lovely day. The sky nearly cloudless. Tired after climbing. Spent day in watching the gl [glacier]?] July 2. Crossed the inlet with Mr Reid & Mr Adams. about 3/4 of mile from front, Mr Loomis also with us The boat overloaded & behaved badly. Sailed 1/2 way then pulled with oars. The stratified drift on W. [west] side contains wood all the way from water level to top https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2865/thumbnail.jpg