. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. FORT WRANGELL 27 by are small spruce-tufted islands, and low dark shores. Etolin Island is ahead of us, and Prince of Wales Island on the west. In the evening we saw the most strik- ing sunset of the voyage. We were just in the right place. SUNSET IN INSIDE PASSAGE. at just the right time. All the conditions and relations of sun, air, water, and mountain, were as we would have them — a scene such as artists try in vain to paint and travelers to describe: towering snow-clad peaks far ahead of us, rising behind dark blue and purple ranges, fo
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. FORT WRANGELL 27 by are small spruce-tufted islands, and low dark shores. Etolin Island is ahead of us, and Prince of Wales Island on the west. In the evening we saw the most strik- ing sunset of the voyage. We were just in the right place. SUNSET IN INSIDE PASSAGE. at just the right time. All the conditions and relations of sun, air, water, and mountain, were as we would have them — a scene such as artists try in vain to paint and travelers to describe: towering snow-clad peaks far ahead of us, rising behind dark blue and purple ranges, fold on fold,and all aflame with the setting sun. We looked upon the spectacle through a huge gateway in our front which formed a dark rugged frame to the picture. The solid earth became spiritual and transcendent. Presently an- other dark gateway opened in the mountains on our right and other transfigured summits — Black Crag, Mt. Whip- ple, the Pinnacles — came into view, riding slowly along above and behind other blue purple ranges — such depth and softness of tint and shadow below, such glory of flame and gold above. The ship creeps along in the deepening twilight and slowly the flaming peaks turn to neutral gray. WRANGELL AND JUNEAU. The morning of the fifth dawns clear and cold, like a winter morning in Florida. It finds us at Fort Wrangell, where we spend a few hours on shore looking at totem poles and viewing the shabby old town, while we keep an eye open to the botany and natural history of the 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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