. Wonderland; or, Alaska and the inland passage . iption of one person in consid-ering this the most fascinating and curious scene presented to the Alaskantourists. Grand, even to the extent of being almost appalling, as are theAlaskan fjords, they are but the Yosemite or Colorado Parks, with navigablevalleys, as they would appear greatly enlarged; much as we are awe-struck at the feet of Mount St. Elias, it is but Tacoma or Shasta in granderproportions, and so on through the list of scenes we view : but in the glacierswe have no counterpart that can be viewed from a steamers deck, unless thep
. Wonderland; or, Alaska and the inland passage . iption of one person in consid-ering this the most fascinating and curious scene presented to the Alaskantourists. Grand, even to the extent of being almost appalling, as are theAlaskan fjords, they are but the Yosemite or Colorado Parks, with navigablevalleys, as they would appear greatly enlarged; much as we are awe-struck at the feet of Mount St. Elias, it is but Tacoma or Shasta in granderproportions, and so on through the list of scenes we view : but in the glacierswe have no counterpart that can be viewed from a steamers deck, unless thepolar zones themselves be invaded ; and here, in fact, we view the grandestsight to be seen in that dreary zone, without any of its many dangers. Says Pro-fessor Denman, of San Francisco, who has devoted much of his attention toglaciers, and especially these of Alaska, compared with which he pro-nounces those to be seen in Switzerland and other parts of Europe to bebabies : Muir Glacier is a spectacle whose grandeur can not be described,—a vast.
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