June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 98

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Alpine Lake; Herald Island; Pacific; walrus*
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2100; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3099/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

July 29. Calm, lovely, sunny day. 50oF in the shade; warm in the sun; the water smooth, with streaks; ruffled, like an alpine lake; mostly glassy, stirred with irregular breaths of air. Ice visible about noon, near post-office point. Fine-grained, hazy, luminous mist about the horizon. A few gulls and ducks. Sun barely dipped beneath the horizon. Curiously modeled by refraction; bars dividing in sections always horizontal. Ducks flying at midnight. July 30. Another glassy, calm day, all sunshine from midnight to midnight. Kotzebue’s gull, the Pacific Kittiwake, about the ship; no seals or walrus. Herald Island came in sight about 1 o’clock. At a distance from the island of 8 to 10 miles we reached the ice, but made our way through it, as it was mostly light and had openings here and there. But we suffered some hard bumps; pushed slowly and go close alongside, much to the satisfaction of the crew. After https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3099/thumbnail.jpg