4 
ALASKA GLACIERS 
Reid and Geikie inlets in a rowboat. This excursion oc¬ 
cupied four days, three camps being made on the shores 
of the bay. 
In Yakutat Bay I landed at Hidden and Nunatak gla¬ 
ciers and at the summer village of the Yakutat Indians. 
Two days were spent, with Muir, Gannett, and Kearney, 
in a boat excursion which visited Hubbard Glacier and 
Osier and Haenke islands. 
In Prince William Sound I touched at Orca, and was 
then left at Columbia Glacier with a boat and shore party, 
including Palache, Coville, and Curtis, while the ship ex¬ 
plored Port Wells. We remained three days, and after¬ 
ward had a partial view of Harriman Fiord. 
In Cook Inlet I was landed for a half day at Grewingk 
Glacier, while the ship made an excursion up the main 
bay. 
I was with the ship on all routes about Kadiak Island, 
landed briefly on the western coast, spent several days at 
and near Kadiak village, and visited Long Island. 
At Port Clarence I was of a party that crossed the bay 
in a launch and visited the mainland. 
Photographs .— For the study of changes in the size 
of glaciers photographic views are of peculiar value. A 
view showing a glacier or part of a glacier in relation to 
details of adjacent land constitutes a record which can at 
any time be compared either with the objects themselves 
or with another photograph made in another year or 
month. That a photograph may have its highest value 
for such use its date must be known, including year, 
month, and day of month. The Harriman Expedition 
carried many cameras and secured a large number of 
views of glaciers. Some of these views are reproduced 
in the present and preceding volumes, and are thus made 
available for the investigator. So far as they are contained 
in this volume, their dates are given in the associated text. 
