May-June 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part I, San Francisco to Harriman Fiord Image 23

Creator

John Muir

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The width of the gl[acier] is from one to about 4 ms[miles]. They melt in broad fans dirt covered with moraine belts & hills tree covered mostly Most [Drawing: Lituya Bay Cascade Gl[acier] Entrance]

of them evidently still move [Drawing: Grand Plateau Gl[acier] Cape Fairweather Gls[glaciers] NW - the next above Lituya B[ay]. [19] This & Grand Plateau there is a low descending gl[acier] about 1 m[ile] wide] [Sketch: hills being disforested on Grand Plateau]

Date Original

1899

Source

Original journal dimensions: 9 x 15.5 cm.

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MuirReel29Journal02P24-25.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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