a double discharge, one part coming eastward to the inlet, and the other going northward toward Glacier Bay. The face toward the inlet is about three and a half miles long. The southern third overlooks the water in a low cliff, and the remainder presents a sloping surface black with accumulated… … FIG. 1 8. TILL LEFT BY HUGH MILLER GLACIER BETWEEN l88o AND 1890. Photographed in 1899. The till is thin, but contains remnants of ice, and was englacial in part. The single bush visible, almost the only vegetation on the new ground, is a willow. The dates of exploration and survey are the same as…
Natural history -- Alaska · Scientific expeditions · Alaska
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