May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 21

Hermaphrodite flrs[flowers] of P. sitchensis [Drawing: La Perouse & Crillon?] Entrance to Lituya Bay Sailed at 7.30 P.M. Many fear sea sickness but the ocean is about as calm as the harbor. 19 Still calm as harbor & inland waters. Scarce any perceptible swell. Dry but cldy[cloudy] down to ab...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
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John Muir
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glaciers
Yakutat
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3626 2023-08-27T04:09:37+02:00 May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 21 Muir, John 1899-05-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2627 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3626/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2627 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3626/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 1899 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:04:31Z Hermaphrodite flrs[flowers] of P. sitchensis [Drawing: La Perouse & Crillon?] Entrance to Lituya Bay Sailed at 7.30 P.M. Many fear sea sickness but the ocean is about as calm as the harbor. 19 Still calm as harbor & inland waters. Scarce any perceptible swell. Dry but cldy[cloudy] down to about 2 or 3000 feet with occasional glimpses up to 4 or 5000. The many gls[glaciers] made wonderful show beginning with the Brady & ending for the day with the Yakutat. Some 10 reach the level of sea but though large & fed by [ftns] so high & lavishly snow laden not one sends off bergs. While the other flank of the range sends no fewer than 9 berg-producing gls[glaciers] to the sea in Gl[acier] Bay. The West flank should probably receive more snow than the East or NE. rather No doubt one of the causes of greater [waste] by https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3626/thumbnail.jpg Text glaciers Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons
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description Hermaphrodite flrs[flowers] of P. sitchensis [Drawing: La Perouse & Crillon?] Entrance to Lituya Bay Sailed at 7.30 P.M. Many fear sea sickness but the ocean is about as calm as the harbor. 19 Still calm as harbor & inland waters. Scarce any perceptible swell. Dry but cldy[cloudy] down to about 2 or 3000 feet with occasional glimpses up to 4 or 5000. The many gls[glaciers] made wonderful show beginning with the Brady & ending for the day with the Yakutat. Some 10 reach the level of sea but though large & fed by [ftns] so high & lavishly snow laden not one sends off bergs. While the other flank of the range sends no fewer than 9 berg-producing gls[glaciers] to the sea in Gl[acier] Bay. The West flank should probably receive more snow than the East or NE. rather No doubt one of the causes of greater [waste] by https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3626/thumbnail.jpg
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