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
August 11th
Monday. We had another Southerly gale last nigh; which caused me to get up at 4 o'clock to see that the tent was allright. The dial of the self-recording therm. had blown away and I replaced it. The dial which was lost a week ago was found by a tourist and returned to us. In the afternoon the boys went "prospecting" and Prof. Muir and I took a walk up the glacier. If tomorrow is good weather we start on a trip around the upper part of Glacier Bay.
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