June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 186

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; The Bluff; Tundra
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2188; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3187/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

and the soft, over-leaning edges of the moss-mantle grow over and unite finally, preserving the ice from future action of the summer sun, or even from the infiltration of water from above, unless exposed anew by further cracking. The tundra is cracked in every direction, and slight depressions, or s...