. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TURNER GLACIER, DISENCHANTMENT BAY. William Sound eleven. All the fiords into which these glaciers of the first class flow are encumbered, some of them jammed and crowded, with bergs of every conceiv- able form, which by the most active of the glaciers are given off at intervals of a few minutes with loud thun- dering roaring that may be heard five or six miles, pro- claiming the restless work and motion of these mighty crystal rivers, so widely con- trasting with the deathlike stillness and silence of the second class decadent glaciers, th
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TURNER GLACIER, DISENCHANTMENT BAY. William Sound eleven. All the fiords into which these glaciers of the first class flow are encumbered, some of them jammed and crowded, with bergs of every conceiv- able form, which by the most active of the glaciers are given off at intervals of a few minutes with loud thun- dering roaring that may be heard five or six miles, pro- claiming the restless work and motion of these mighty crystal rivers, so widely con- trasting with the deathlike stillness and silence of the second class decadent glaciers, though they also, except at their decaying ends, are ceaselessly. GIANT ICEBERG, GLACIER BAY. (MUIR AND ANOTHER MAN ON THE TOP ; BOAT IN FOREGROUND.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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