Muir visited Alaska 7 times: (1879, 1880, 1881, 1890, 1896, 1897, 1899)
- Travels in Alaska, by John Muir
- Alaska Days with John Muir by Samuel Hall Young, a book jacket summary.
- Erigeron muirii , Muir's Fleabane: An endemic plant in the aster family
- Letters from Alaska by John Muir , edited by Robert Engberg and Bruce Merrell
- Publisher's press release
- Book Jacket Summary
- A book review by Frank E. Buske
- A book review by Bill Hunt : "John Muir was no ordinary tourist in Alaska"
Harriman Expedition
- In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship, the George W. Elder, into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. This was Muir's seventh trip to Alaska, to Wrangell, Glacier Bay, Sitka, and Prince William Sound. Muir made many friendships on the vessel, and would later write stories about this trip, about the people on board, and the Natives. See: Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899 by William Goetzmann and Kay Sloan (Viking, 1982).
- Harriman Expedition Retraced - On July 22, 2001 over two dozen scientists, artists, and writers left Prince Rupert, British Columbia on the Harriman Expedition Retraced. The Clipper Odyssey followed the itinerary of E. H. Harriman's sailing through the Inside Passage, the Gulf of Alaska, the Aleutian Archipelago, and northward through the Bering Sea, all the way to Nome. The Harriman Expedition Retraced was presented as a film and website presentation on PBS, (now available from Bullfrog Films), and as a book The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change, 1899-2001 Edited by Thomas S. Litwin Foreword by David Rockefeller, Jr. (Rutgers University Press (March 14, 2005).
- Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier by Mark Adams (Dutton 2018) - In 2016, travel writer Mark Adams set out to retrace the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition, relying primarily on the state's intricate public ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway System, supplemented by plane travel for the ocean portions, especially across the huge Bering Sea. this book melds the history of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, especially focused on John Muir and the other scientists aboard the 1899 steamship, and a fun and evocative form of travel writing into a seamless whole.
Glacier Bay
- The Discovery of Glacier Bay, Chapter 10 of Travels in Alaska by John Muir
- Stickeen: Illustrated overview of Muir's classic story of an adventure with a dog on a glacier
- Muir Glacier
Wrangell
- John Muir and the Fire on the Mountain by Wrangell History Unlocked Podcast (28 August 2021). On a stormy night in 1879, John Muir climbed the mountain behind Fort Wrangel, Alaska and built a fire so large it lit up the sky. The reaction of the surprised Tlingit villagers below has gone down in legend, misunderstood and maligned for over a century.
- John Muir's Places to Visit Around Wrangell: A photo essay of historical places around Wrangell. When John Muir came to Alaska in 1879 and 1880, he made Fort Wrangel his home. He intended to study glaciers, but he found himself making friends with missionaries, observing the Tlingit, and taking in the sights around Wrangell Island. Here are some of the places John Muir visited in Wrangell that you can visit today.