July 1890, Glacier Sled Trip Sketches and Notes Image 6

Creator

John Muir

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[sketch of hillside with 3 ridges with glaciers between] N 65 W Snow Dome. Vestige of forest

View of remnant of [forest] [1st] [camp] mtn [mountain] & of trib [tributary] gls [glaciers] [beginning] 2d after passing Handsome trib [tributary] wh [which] is [Dead] trib [tributary] curved to full S.E. Berg Lake trends N 20 E & is 1 ½ m [miles] l [long] [branched] gl [glacier] flows into it its drainage as it melts some dist [distance] back. Bergs derived from 3d of main tribs [tributaries] Berg Lake is next to Handsome to the S.E. ward 5

Date Original

1890

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Original journal dimensions: 8.5 x 13 cm.

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MuirReel28Journal03P05.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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