4 INTRODUCTION 



Royal Island and at Lowe Inlet, British Columbia (June 

 3), and at Farragut Bay, Alaska (June 5). From Skag- 

 way we made an excursion by rail to White Pass (June 

 7), and then steamed to Glacier Bay (June 8) by way of 

 Juneau. Palache remained at Juneau and Douglas from 

 June 6 to June 8, examining the Alaska-Treadwell mine 

 and visiting the canyon back of Juneau. We remained in 

 Glacier Bay five days, with headquarters near Muir Gla- 

 cier. Muir, Palache, and Gilbert spent three days (June 

 10-13), with boat and camping outfit, in Hugh Miller, 

 Reid, and Geikie inlets. Sitka was reached June 14, by 

 way of Peril Strait, and was our headquarters for four 

 days. Emerson and Gilbert accompanied an excursion 

 down the coast to Hot Springs; Gilbert ascended Ver- 

 stovia, a small mountain back of the town ; and Palache 

 visited Silver Bay. 



From Sitka we followed the coast westward, touching 

 at La Perouse Glacier (June 18), and giving several days 

 each to Yakutat Bay (June 18-23) anc ^ Prince William 

 Sound (June 24-29). Within Yakutat Bay we landed at 

 the winter and summer villages of the Indians, and steamed 

 to the head of Russell Fiord. Muir and Gilbert followed 

 Nunatak Fiord to Nunatak Glacier, and afterward visited 

 Hubbard Glacier, Osier Island and the adjacent mainland, 

 where a camp was made, and Haenke Island. Gilbert 

 visited Hidden Glacier, and Emerson a neighboring point 

 of land. Palache spent several days with a shore party 

 on the west coast of the bay, making an excursion to the 

 mountains at the north. 



The first landing in Prince William Sound was at Orca. 

 Afterward the ship entered Columbia Bay and left a camp- 

 ing party, including Gilbert and Palache. Then it visited 

 College Fiord, where a landing was made at Bryn Mawr 

 Glacier, and Harriman Fiord, where a second camping 

 party, including Muir, was left. Orca was again visited, 



