May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 37

intricate range of gl[acial] sculpture I ever saw. The sun shining on fields & strips & patches of snow & ice as we approach Orca. Clds white streaked with purple bars make grand addition to the noble mtn range A 1000 pks[peaks] big & little around the horizon. Saw large broad low-de...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1899
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spelling ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3642 2023-06-11T04:15:46+02:00 May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 37 Muir, John 1899-05-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2643 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3642/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2643 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3642/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 1899 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:34:29Z intricate range of gl[acial] sculpture I ever saw. The sun shining on fields & strips & patches of snow & ice as we approach Orca. Clds white streaked with purple bars make grand addition to the noble mtn range A 1000 pks[peaks] big & little around the horizon. Saw large broad low-descending gl[acier] near the mouth of Copper River [Sketch: Below Dalton [dirt] gl[acier] dist[ant] gl] At 8 PM arrive at Orca |o| a small island & mainland a cannery. P.O. store. ½ the salmon catch already put up. Large ship at anchor ready to take it away. The mainland slopes steep heavily timbered Men[Menzus] Sp[Spruce]. Mert [Mertensia] hemlock with Paton hemlock forming timberline at height of 2000 Some of them 20 ft high. The other hem[lock] & sp[ruce] 4 to 5 ft dia 150 ft h[igh] Broad light green down-swooping spaces richly embossed with alder willow balsam [poplar] have been cleared by snow avas [avalanches] [Sketch: Looking N entering P. Williams S.[Prince William Sound] June 24, 99] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3642/thumbnail.jpg Text Orca Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons
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description intricate range of gl[acial] sculpture I ever saw. The sun shining on fields & strips & patches of snow & ice as we approach Orca. Clds white streaked with purple bars make grand addition to the noble mtn range A 1000 pks[peaks] big & little around the horizon. Saw large broad low-descending gl[acier] near the mouth of Copper River [Sketch: Below Dalton [dirt] gl[acier] dist[ant] gl] At 8 PM arrive at Orca |o| a small island & mainland a cannery. P.O. store. ½ the salmon catch already put up. Large ship at anchor ready to take it away. The mainland slopes steep heavily timbered Men[Menzus] Sp[Spruce]. Mert [Mertensia] hemlock with Paton hemlock forming timberline at height of 2000 Some of them 20 ft high. The other hem[lock] & sp[ruce] 4 to 5 ft dia 150 ft h[igh] Broad light green down-swooping spaces richly embossed with alder willow balsam [poplar] have been cleared by snow avas [avalanches] [Sketch: Looking N entering P. Williams S.[Prince William Sound] June 24, 99] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3642/thumbnail.jpg
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