May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 23

The width of the gl[acier] is from one to about 4 ms[miles]. They melt in broad fans dirt covered with moraine belts & hills tree covered mostly Most [Drawing: Lituya Bay Cascade Gl[acier] Entrance] of them evidently still move [Drawing: Grand Plateau Gl[acier] Cape Fairweather Gls[glaciers] NW...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
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Online Access:https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2629
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Summary:The width of the gl[acier] is from one to about 4 ms[miles]. They melt in broad fans dirt covered with moraine belts & hills tree covered mostly Most [Drawing: Lituya Bay Cascade Gl[acier] Entrance] of them evidently still move [Drawing: Grand Plateau Gl[acier] Cape Fairweather Gls[glaciers] NW - the next above Lituya B[ay]. [19] This & Grand Plateau there is a low descending gl[acier] about 1 m[ile] wide] [Sketch: hills being disforested on Grand Plateau] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3628/thumbnail.jpg