Muir Glacier
Americannoun
noun
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The Muir Glacier has now retreated more than 30 miles from the sea up into the mountains.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019
We motored slowly past a chunk of rock swarming with bald eagles on top and sea lions below, and approached the spot that, in the 1890s, had marked the terminus of Muir Glacier.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018
When the ice-period was in its prime, much of the Muir Glacier that now flows northward into Howling Valley flowed southward into Glacier Bay as a tributary of the Muir.
From Travels in Alaska by John Muir
We-ll," drawled Muir, "two or three years ago I camped by the Muir Glacier for a week.
From Alaska Days with John Muir by Samual Hall Young
In fact, I would advise all who wish to preserve the impression of Muir Glacier in its pure, idealized, unsullied grandeur, to stay aboard and gaze on its beautiful face.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
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