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Author Ford, Corey, 1902-1969.

Title Where the sea breaks its back : the epic story of early naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian exploration of Alaska / by Corey Ford ; with drawings by Lois Darling.

Publication Info. Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, 1992.
©1966

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  574.9 FOR    Check Shelf
Description x, 206 pages ; illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Note Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1966.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary 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.
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.
Subject Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746 -- Travel -- Alaska.
Kamchatskai︠a︡ ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡.
Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 18th century.
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- 18th century.
Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.
ISBN 088240394X: $12.95
Standard No. 9780882403946
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