In 1890 & 1892, Harry Fielding Reid traveled to Glacier Bay, Alaska. During the expedition, Reid mapped Glacier Bay, collaborated with John Muir, measured the movement of the glaciers, created sketches and made photographs of the glaciers, and produced 24 notebooks.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has transcribed these expedition notebooks, so you can follow along with Reid's expeditions and experience Glacier Bay as he saw it over 100 years ago!
Journal I : Expedition to Glacier Bay, Alaska, Summer 1890
September 5th
Friday. Today the clouds are low tho' it does not rain. We did not wake this morning until 9 o'clock. I spent the afternoon making observations for magnetic dip. This is McBride's twenty first birthday, and Adams made him a cinnamon birthday cake.
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