Muir Glacier
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Who thinks he can lay his hand on the rugged edge of the Muir Glacier and compel it to advance no farther?
From Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses by Reid, Whitelaw
The lower summits about the Muir Glacier, like this one, the first that I climbed, are richly adorned and enlivened with flowers, though they make but a faint show in general views.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
At Muir Glacier we spent a week this time, making long trips up the mountains that overlooked the glacier and across its surface.
From Alaska Days with John Muir by Young, Samual Hall
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