Title
May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 10
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9th The Howling Val[ley]. Snowy. All turned back. Arrived at ship 4 to 5 P.M. Meantime most everybody went ashore over mor[moraine]. Along shore to face of gl[acier]. Up red knob for view on gl[acier]. I led a party of 3 girls to smallish Island 3 ms[miles] from front or 4. Fine walkers. All impressed with vast extent of ice. Lovely blue grottoes [shimmering] light fairyland. Worms on ice snow & in water. Huge crevasse now below smallest island. Stream [flowing] apparently on rock[s] base of island. Surface of ice dirty. [Mid mor][Middle moraine] in line with larger Isld[island]. V[ery] broad. In dist[ance] like plowed field. Small like wagon tracks. Rocky like [RR][railroad] [ ] awk[ward]. Silver eye from specatacles. Gave dignity but could not see thru them. Given by Russian Officer. Asked Mrs Young 1894 where [the] [Sect] Ancon was embankment. Grand berg discharge. One v[ery] large 200 ft or more Whole bastion slid down. Hundreds of small bergs make acres of floe. The large [pieces] rising with [sublime] dignity & deliberation 150 ft water like hair streaming. Wave 20 ft h. [combing] dashing up spray against bergs 100 ft. Roaring like ocean. Hurried party high up the shore had not the wave been spent among bergs it would have risen
Date Original
1899
Source
Original journal dimensions: 9 x 15.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
MuirReel29Journal02P00xvii-xviii.tif
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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
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Keywords
John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist
