Travels In Alaska

John Muir first visited Alaska in 1879, and he later made several trips there to test his beliefs on glacial activity. The largest tide-water glacier honours his memory properly. His labors were severely disrupted by his passionate leadership of the misguided fight to rescue his beloved Hetch-Hetchy Valley. As he carefully and thoroughly went through the large quantity of Alaska notes that had gathered under his hands for more than thirty years, illness also presented some obstacles. It is ...