June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 8

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Arctic; Mill Pond; ice pack
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2010; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3009/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

probably had been trading, the sea being smooth. Had a good view of the two Diomedes; the western one is very distinctly glaciated, the summit nearly all of it comprehended in one beautiful ice fountain, giving it a crater-like form. The residual glacial action here, however, has been light comparat...