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already at Point Barrow and had picked up all the wrecked sailors. The fog lifted, however, shortly after noon, and we went on. Discovered 6 ships at anchor opposite the Indian village. One of them the “Legal Tender”, with letters causing extraordinary rejoicing. They were more than2 months old, but...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3131 2023-08-27T04:11:38+02:00 June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 130 Muir, John 1881-06-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2132 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3131/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2132 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3131/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 2023-08-07T21:03:44Z already at Point Barrow and had picked up all the wrecked sailors. The fog lifted, however, shortly after noon, and we went on. Discovered 6 ships at anchor opposite the Indian village. One of them the “Legal Tender”, with letters causing extraordinary rejoicing. They were more than2 months old, but were the very freshest and best appreciated that I ever received in my life. Wife and child well. Between Pt. Barrow and Pt. Beltcher [Belcher] and Icy Cape the movements of the ice are very variable from season to season and also throughout each season. It seldom leaves this party of the coast very far, some years not at all, and is always liable to be driven close in shore by a few hours of stiff, N.ly, favorable wind. Consequently it is a dangerous position for ships, especially sailing https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3131/thumbnail.jpg Text Point Barrow University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Belcher ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) Indian |
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already at Point Barrow and had picked up all the wrecked sailors. The fog lifted, however, shortly after noon, and we went on. Discovered 6 ships at anchor opposite the Indian village. One of them the “Legal Tender”, with letters causing extraordinary rejoicing. They were more than2 months old, but were the very freshest and best appreciated that I ever received in my life. Wife and child well. Between Pt. Barrow and Pt. Beltcher [Belcher] and Icy Cape the movements of the ice are very variable from season to season and also throughout each season. It seldom leaves this party of the coast very far, some years not at all, and is always liable to be driven close in shore by a few hours of stiff, N.ly, favorable wind. Consequently it is a dangerous position for ships, especially sailing https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3131/thumbnail.jpg |
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