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 28th
Thursday. Cushing, Pike and I went up the 3000 ft hill today. The view was glorious. I took 11 photographs, one series being the moraines, and one being the ice front. The view looking down on it is striking; just now there is a deep indentation and a projecting point like Prof. Wright figures, but much less marked. Pike shot three ptarmigan on the way up.
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