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Title:
Where the sea breaks its back : the epic story of early naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian exploration of Alaska
JLCTITLE245:
by Corey Ford ; with drawings by Lois Darling.
Personal Author:
Ford, Corey, 1902-1969.
Publication Information:
Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, c1992.
Physical Description:
x, 206 p. ; ill., map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780882403946
General Note:
Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1966.
Abstract:
A splendid account of the final voyage of explorer Vitus Bering and of the life of naturalist Georg Steller (1709-1746), who accompanied Bering on the 1741 crossing into the uncharted North Pacific.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Personal Subject:
Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746-Travel-Alaska.

Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746-Journeys-Alaska.
Conference Subject:
Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a.

Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a (2nd : 1733-1743)
Subject Term:
Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 18th century.

Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.
Geographic Term:
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- 18th century.

Alaska -- Discovery and exploration.
Contents:
Volcanoes, mummies, sea otters -- Steller: Avacha Bay -- Captain Commander -- Voyage to the unknown -- Ten years for ten hours -- Sound of gunfire -- "By the Will of God" -- Bering Island -- Long winter -- Steller's sea cow -- Return of the St. Peter -- Journey's end -- Plunderers.
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