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and the soft, over-leaning edges of the moss-mantle grow over and unite finally, preserving the ice from future action of the summer sun, or even from the infiltration of water from above, unless exposed anew by further cracking. The tundra is cracked in every direction, and slight depressions, or s...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3187 2023-06-11T04:17:24+02:00 June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 186 Muir, John 1881-06-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2188 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3187/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2188 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3187/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg 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 1881 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:34:03Z and the soft, over-leaning edges of the moss-mantle grow over and unite finally, preserving the ice from future action of the summer sun, or even from the infiltration of water from above, unless exposed anew by further cracking. The tundra is cracked in every direction, and slight depressions, or some difference in the vegetation, indicate the location and extent of the fissures, and when traced forward to the edge of the bluff a cross section is seen, perhaps from 2 to 4 ft. wide or more. The edges of the tundra mass and peat seem to be pressed by the expansion of the ice and perhaps also by its settling as decomposition and consolidation goes on, thus giving the stratified peat an upward bend where frozen to the edges of the ice, https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3187/thumbnail.jpg Text Tundra University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons The Bluff ENVELOPE(-61.567,-61.567,-64.367,-64.367) |
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and the soft, over-leaning edges of the moss-mantle grow over and unite finally, preserving the ice from future action of the summer sun, or even from the infiltration of water from above, unless exposed anew by further cracking. The tundra is cracked in every direction, and slight depressions, or some difference in the vegetation, indicate the location and extent of the fissures, and when traced forward to the edge of the bluff a cross section is seen, perhaps from 2 to 4 ft. wide or more. The edges of the tundra mass and peat seem to be pressed by the expansion of the ice and perhaps also by its settling as decomposition and consolidation goes on, thus giving the stratified peat an upward bend where frozen to the edges of the ice, https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3187/thumbnail.jpg |
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