June-July 1890, Sketches of Glaciers Made Around Muir Glacier, Alaska Image 8

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1890
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Blue Cove; First Rock; Glacier Point; Pinnacle; Rock Pile; glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1909; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2908/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

No 1 June 30 7,35 PM Station above first Rock Pile on 2nd Rib of Yellow [Knob] in line with two peaklets of ice at foot Bar [barometer] reads 30.1 Mark [sketch] ice pinnacle with blue centre - situated [⅓ rd] dist [distant] [across] the shattered part of ice wall centre of gl [glacier] 1/2 mile back from front is in line now with head of Elephant. [No.] 2 Same station as above Two ice pyramids near the mid of island. Marked thus [sketch] perhap 50 ft from line on mtn [mountain] [indicated] by arrow 3 Same station [sketch] shoulder 3 points [their] own length apart past shoulder July 3. 8P.M. Station on Yellow Rib in line with ice peaklet foot of first bare outcrop 150 ft above gl [glacier] Point observed ice pinnacle blue cave with dirt spot in line beyond, ⅓ or less from E side shattered portion [sketch] Dirt [Double] peak beyond blue [cove] in line with [extreme] point of Elephant head. [Thus] in front of blue cove twice [their] thickness at base https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2908/thumbnail.jpg