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78 [Sketch:] Gl [glacier] Hardanger F [Fjord] Hardanger F [Fjord] July 25 We arrived at head of Hardanger F [Fjord] at 9 PM. A grand sail [between] ranges of rocks & mtns [mountains] reaching 2000 to 4000 ft [feet] Gray massy licheny with a rather [thin] clothing of grass heaths & bushes of...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2886 2023-05-15T16:20:43+02:00 June-July 1890, Trip to Alaska; June-August 1893, Trip to Norway Image 40 Muir, John 1890-06-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1887 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2886/type/native/viewcontent eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1887 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2886/type/native/viewcontent 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 1890 ftunivpacificmsl 2022-04-10T21:00:15Z 78 [Sketch:] Gl [glacier] Hardanger F [Fjord] Hardanger F [Fjord] July 25 We arrived at head of Hardanger F [Fjord] at 9 PM. A grand sail [between] ranges of rocks & mtns [mountains] reaching 2000 to 4000 ft [feet] Gray massy licheny with a rather [thin] clothing of grass heaths & bushes of birch. & willow on the less steep portions & a few pines [quite] small 79 here & there. The mtns [mountains] are mostly massive & well rounded up to 3000 or more having all been heavily overswept by the general ice mantel, & though many portions show scoring few are polished owing I suppose to constant rains or nearly so & the kind of rock. The cleavage plans nearly universally developed, & closely so rendering the granite very readily erodable by glacial action. It is to this weakness as opposed to ice action that the great depth of many of these fiords is due while their great length seems to indicate a comparatively low & broad stretch of land risign gently from the sea to the axis of the main mtn [mountain] range This broad residual gls [glaciers] living on rounded tablelands & the moderate height https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2886/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier glacier glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Norway |
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78 [Sketch:] Gl [glacier] Hardanger F [Fjord] Hardanger F [Fjord] July 25 We arrived at head of Hardanger F [Fjord] at 9 PM. A grand sail [between] ranges of rocks & mtns [mountains] reaching 2000 to 4000 ft [feet] Gray massy licheny with a rather [thin] clothing of grass heaths & bushes of birch. & willow on the less steep portions & a few pines [quite] small 79 here & there. The mtns [mountains] are mostly massive & well rounded up to 3000 or more having all been heavily overswept by the general ice mantel, & though many portions show scoring few are polished owing I suppose to constant rains or nearly so & the kind of rock. The cleavage plans nearly universally developed, & closely so rendering the granite very readily erodable by glacial action. It is to this weakness as opposed to ice action that the great depth of many of these fiords is due while their great length seems to indicate a comparatively low & broad stretch of land risign gently from the sea to the axis of the main mtn [mountain] range This broad residual gls [glaciers] living on rounded tablelands & the moderate height https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2886/thumbnail.jpg |
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