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ALASKA GLACIERS 
to the west and southwest and is continued twelve miles 
farther. At the apex of the turn a large glacier (the 
Barry) protrudes from the northern shore, reducing the 
waterway to a narrow strait. The portion above the 
strait, having been discovered by the Harriman Expedi¬ 
tion, was named Harriman Fiord. The general width of 
the fiord is from two to three miles. Considered as a 
mountain trough, it branches near the middle, but the 
western branch is almost wholly occupied by a gla¬ 
cier. Its walls are everywhere high, and it is in fact 
a secluded pocket among the mountains. All about 
are glaciers, of which four are of large size and six 
reach the sea. 
Barry Glacier (fig. 46), at the entrance to the fiord, 
approaches from the north-northeast. Its low grade indi¬ 
cates a distant 
5 source, but 
the source 
was not seen, 
as its upper 
val 1 ey was 
concealed by 
mist. Unfor¬ 
tunately the 
map data se¬ 
cured do not 
afford an ac¬ 
curate deter¬ 
mination of 
the dimensions of its end, but it impressed the beholder 
as one of the largest ice rivers of Port Wells. Its peculiar 
relation to the fiord causes it to be swept by the passing 
tide and prevents the accumulation of icebergs about its 
front, but the same relation exposes it to exceptionally 
rapid melting by the sea, and the conflict of ice current 
FIG. 46. DISTANT VIEW OF BARRY GLACIER, 1 899. 
The glacier comes from behind the dark hill at the right. The 
visible tributary descends by two cascades. Doran Strait lies be¬ 
tween the glacier front and the sloping point of land at the left. 
