June-July 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part II Image 45
motion, making delightful calm for us as we gazed and sketched and took photos of the glorious show of [mountains] beheld at just the right distance to show the range from top to base with all their glaciers and fountains as a whole. The [mountains] from St. Elias are continued along the coast as an...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3702 2023-06-11T04:12:00+02:00 June-July 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part II Image 45 Muir, John 1899-06-01T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2703 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3702/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2703 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3702/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 2023-05-06T22:34:37Z motion, making delightful calm for us as we gazed and sketched and took photos of the glorious show of [mountains] beheld at just the right distance to show the range from top to base with all their glaciers and fountains as a whole. The [mountains] from St. Elias are continued along the coast as an unbroken regular range. Mt. Augusta, a very beautiful gray sharp fluted [mountain], stands well back Mt. Cook like huge house or barn on top, and Vancouver next to [Yakutat] [Bay] the one that feeds the Eastmost [tributaries] of the Malespina. This is the grandest, richest in sculpture, infinite gables and V-shaped [valleys] and [canons], etc. A fine [mountain] seen to [North] is perhaps Mt. Hubbard. From [Yakutat] the [mountains] visible from the coast are pretty regular in height, say 8000 or 7000, [glaciers] at pretty regular intervals of 5 or 6 [miles] but the largest of [which] is [Yakutat]. As Fairweather is approached [Sketch: 1st [East] of Yakutat; A smaller low descending about 4 [miles] [West] of [Yakutat]] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3702/thumbnail.jpg Text glaciers Yakutat Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Augusta ENVELOPE(163.100,163.100,-84.800,-84.800) Fairweather ENVELOPE(-61.083,-61.083,-65.017,-65.017) |
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motion, making delightful calm for us as we gazed and sketched and took photos of the glorious show of [mountains] beheld at just the right distance to show the range from top to base with all their glaciers and fountains as a whole. The [mountains] from St. Elias are continued along the coast as an unbroken regular range. Mt. Augusta, a very beautiful gray sharp fluted [mountain], stands well back Mt. Cook like huge house or barn on top, and Vancouver next to [Yakutat] [Bay] the one that feeds the Eastmost [tributaries] of the Malespina. This is the grandest, richest in sculpture, infinite gables and V-shaped [valleys] and [canons], etc. A fine [mountain] seen to [North] is perhaps Mt. Hubbard. From [Yakutat] the [mountains] visible from the coast are pretty regular in height, say 8000 or 7000, [glaciers] at pretty regular intervals of 5 or 6 [miles] but the largest of [which] is [Yakutat]. As Fairweather is approached [Sketch: 1st [East] of Yakutat; A smaller low descending about 4 [miles] [West] of [Yakutat]] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3702/thumbnail.jpg |
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