. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 58 JOHN BURROUGHS the glacier would shoot, but it is not. The under sur- face of the ice is probably perpetually congealed and perpetually loosened, and the crystallization is constantly broken and constantly reformed, so that its motion is more a creeping than a sliding. The carving and sculpturing of the rocks is of course done by the pebbles and boulders beneath the ice, and these must slide or roll. We followed the bay or inlet to its head and anchored for the night in the large oval that marks its termination. We were about fifteen mil
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 58 JOHN BURROUGHS the glacier would shoot, but it is not. The under sur- face of the ice is probably perpetually congealed and perpetually loosened, and the crystallization is constantly broken and constantly reformed, so that its motion is more a creeping than a sliding. The carving and sculpturing of the rocks is of course done by the pebbles and boulders beneath the ice, and these must slide or roll. We followed the bay or inlet to its head and anchored for the night in the large oval that marks its termination. We were about fifteen miles from the Pacific, being separated from it by a low level moraine of the old glaciers. We were now surrounded by low wooded shores from which in the long twilight came the sweet vespers of the little hermit thrush. On the 20th another hunting party went out from the ship and with an Indian guide climbed and threaded the snow-covered mountains nearly all day in quest of bears, but came back as empty handed as they set out. The. CAMP OF HUNTING PARTY ON NORTH SHORE OF YAKUTAT BAY. ship in the meantime steamed back ten miles to a side arm of the bay at the head of which was Hidden Gla- cier, so called because it was hidden from view be- hind a shoulder of the mountain. A broad gravel bed with a stream winding through it, which the retreating glacier had uncovered, was alone visible from the ship. While Gannett and Gilbert proceeded to survey and map. 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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