October-December 1879, First Alaska Trip with S. Hall Young Image 68

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1879
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Arctic; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1669; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2668/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

Berg Studies * 200 ft long 75 ft high Sitidika * 8 ft high Sitidika * Sitidika * In Sundown Bay * Sundown Bay * Stranded in delicate poise on smooth glacial [ ]. In sundown Bay – oftentimes along a muddy or sandy shore they seem to be trying to keep themselves clean standing up on small [parrits or points]. * Sermon in ice. Stranded – set up on the shore opposite a group of 3 large gls near Cape Vander [ ]. * Stranded showing the portion that was out of the water [ ] –like-less weathered – slim beak that rested in the water bent by its own weight water-ouzel sitting on top [Kiniclutish] Blue waterbird. [ ] *65 ft long. In Sundown Bay. Bald eagle perched on topmost spike. * In Sundown Bay spotted with large flock of Arctic plovers. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2668/thumbnail.jpg