Letter from John Muir to Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Jul 4.

calling at St Laurence Island again on the way. We will leave here tomorrow or next day, & arrive along the American Coast around by Point Barrow & then, when the ice is likely to be most open, push off as far into the Arctic Ocean towards Wrangel Land. We may find traces of the Jeanette on...

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Main Author:	Muir, John
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	Scholarly Commons 1881
Subjects:	John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle Arctic Arctic Ocean St Michael Point Barrow
Online Access:	https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/12989 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/37923/type/native/viewcontent

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Letter from John Muir to Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Jul 4.

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