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 22nd
Friday. Today I began magnetic work, and spent most of the day in with the declinometer. The Queen arrived in the morning; the tourists did not seem so curious as usual and did not flock about our tents. Capt Carroll brought us some more lumber for the house, but I doubt if we shall have time to put it on.
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