May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 30

Gl[acier] about 4 ms wide about ½ of wh[ich] is discharging bergs at a lively rate. Mostly [Sketch: Hidden Glacier Disenchantment B N side] small stuff from the shattered spikey front wh[ich] is about 250 feet high. Kept up a pretty constant cannonade last evening. A short time ago a century or two...

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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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Yakutat
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3635 2023-08-27T04:09:34+02:00 May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 30 Muir, John 1899-05-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2636 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3635/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2636 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3635/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 Gl[acier] about 4 ms wide about ½ of wh[ich] is discharging bergs at a lively rate. Mostly [Sketch: Hidden Glacier Disenchantment B N side] small stuff from the shattered spikey front wh[ich] is about 250 feet high. Kept up a pretty constant cannonade last evening. A short time ago a century or two the Hubbard & Dalton ice & the other gls where these flowed southward by Enchantment Bay the [nearby] Yakutat Bay being crowded full by the Malaspina The shoulder of tribs[tributaries] show this. The Hubbard & Dalton cut off the mouth of Enchantment Bay at one end The terminal moraines at the other forming a lake after the ice was melted out of the lower portion as is shown by a terrace & by the difference in vegetation The only gl now reaching tidewater & discharging bergs in Enchantment Bay is the Nunatak at the head of a https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3635/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier Tidewater Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons
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description Gl[acier] about 4 ms wide about ½ of wh[ich] is discharging bergs at a lively rate. Mostly [Sketch: Hidden Glacier Disenchantment B N side] small stuff from the shattered spikey front wh[ich] is about 250 feet high. Kept up a pretty constant cannonade last evening. A short time ago a century or two the Hubbard & Dalton ice & the other gls where these flowed southward by Enchantment Bay the [nearby] Yakutat Bay being crowded full by the Malaspina The shoulder of tribs[tributaries] show this. The Hubbard & Dalton cut off the mouth of Enchantment Bay at one end The terminal moraines at the other forming a lake after the ice was melted out of the lower portion as is shown by a terrace & by the difference in vegetation The only gl now reaching tidewater & discharging bergs in Enchantment Bay is the Nunatak at the head of a https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3635/thumbnail.jpg
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