In 1890 & 1892, Harry Fielding Reid traveled to Glacier Bay, Alaska. During the expedition, Reid mapped Glacier Bay, collaborated with John Muir, measured the movement of the glaciers, created sketches and made photographs of the glaciers, and produced 24 notebooks. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has transcribed these expedition notebooks, so you can follow along with Reid's expeditions and experience Glacier Bay as he saw it over 100 years ago!
Journal I : Expedition to Glacier Bay, Alaska, Summer 1890
July 3rd
Weather a little cloudy; spent day in camp, making [MS illegible] and getting things generally in order. We were all pretty tired. We accomplished a great deal in the way of making things convenient and in order. There has been much thundering from the falling off of ice from the glacier and now there is much ice in the inlet. The barometer keeps at about 30".
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