June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 98
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 a...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3099 2023-08-27T04:09:52+02:00 June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 98 Muir, John 1881-06-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2100 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3099/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2100 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3099/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 1881 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:03:34Z 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 Text Herald Island walrus* University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Alpine Lake ENVELOPE(-129.182,-129.182,55.529,55.529) Herald Island ENVELOPE(-175.637,-175.637,71.378,71.378) Pacific |
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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 |
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