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ALASKA GLACIERS 
Of the existing glaciers of the basin ten are now tidal. 
We visited the Muir, Reid, and Hugh Miller. To the 
Grand Pacific, Johns Hopkins, and Charpentier we ap¬ 
proached so near as to obtain some information as to re- 
FIG. 8. REMNANT GLACIER SOUTH OF HUGH MILLER INLET, FROM A 
PENINSULA IN THE INLET. 
The ice mass occupies a typical glacial trough, shaped by an ice current flowing southeast¬ 
ward, or from the observer. Photographed June 10, 1899. 
cent changes. Of the Carroll, Rendu, Geikie, and Wood 
we had only distant views. 
Muir Glacier . — The Muir Glacier is not only the larg¬ 
est of the group but the most accessible. It has been 
FIG. 9. MUIR GLACIER. 
Photographed June 9, 1899, from point on mountain spur at the east, a little lower than 
point E, fig. 10. 
