. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 30 JOHN BURROUGHS ened by improved methods and machinery that the invest- ment yields a good profit. LYNN CANAL AND SKAGWAY. All the afternoon we steamed up Lynn Canal over broad, placid waters, shut in by dark smooth-based moun- tains that end in bare serrated peaks. Glaciers become. DAVIDSON GLACIER, LYNN CANAL. more and more numerous; one on our right hangs high on the brink of a bare sheer precipice, as if drawing back from the fearful plunge. But plunge it did not and prob- ably never will. We are soon in sight of a much larger glacier
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 30 JOHN BURROUGHS ened by improved methods and machinery that the invest- ment yields a good profit. LYNN CANAL AND SKAGWAY. All the afternoon we steamed up Lynn Canal over broad, placid waters, shut in by dark smooth-based moun- tains that end in bare serrated peaks. Glaciers become. DAVIDSON GLACIER, LYNN CANAL. more and more numerous; one on our right hangs high on the brink of a bare sheer precipice, as if drawing back from the fearful plunge. But plunge it did not and prob- ably never will. We are soon in sight of a much larger glacier, the Davidson, on our left. It flows out of a deep gorge and almost reaches the inlet. Seen from afar it suggests the side view of a huge white foot with its toe pressing a dark line of forest into the sea. Before sunset we reach Skagway and land at the long high pier (the tides here are sixteen or eighteen feet). The pier is swarming with people. Such a gathering and such curiosity and alertness we have not before seen. Hotel runners flourish their cards and call out the names. 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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