June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 183

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1881
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Elephant Point; Tundra
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2185; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3184/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg

peninsula. Discovered much ice in veins and masses of various shapes in low tundra. Nearly level, 40 ft. high and with lakes and pools, showing a tight frozen subsoil. Abundance of good peat. Large tusk at base of silt bluff. Large flocks of Ptarmigan. Beaver-gnawed alder. Returned at 12 midnight. V...