Muir Glacier on Glacier Bay, circa 1904

Caption on image: Muir Glacier on Glacier Bay, Alaska. Photo by F. H. Nowell Printed on verso: 5003. Published by Lowman and Hanford CO., Seattle. Muir Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska. Muir Glacier is 350 square miles in area, with a front 3 miles wide and 300 feet high. It moves at the rate of 40 feet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Glaciers > Alaska
Bays (Bodies of water) > Alaska
Postcards
Muir Glacier (Alaska)
Glacier Bay (Alaska)
Glacier Bay
Lowman
glacier
glaciers
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1276
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Summary:Caption on image: Muir Glacier on Glacier Bay, Alaska. Photo by F. H. Nowell Printed on verso: 5003. Published by Lowman and Hanford CO., Seattle. Muir Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska. Muir Glacier is 350 square miles in area, with a front 3 miles wide and 300 feet high. It moves at the rate of 40 feet a day. The mountains in the background are 15,000 feet high. Photographer Frank H. Nowell is known to have taken photos of icebergs and glaciers in Alaska from 1900-1909. Filed in: Alaska-Ice Forms-Glaciers

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