The cruise of the Corwin : journal of the Arctic expedition of 1881 in search of De Long and the Jeanette

This book is part of the Natural History Collection, a book collection which supports the James Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World.Includes photographs by E.S. Curtis and E.W. Nelson. Edited by William Frederic Badé. Includes appendices: 1. The glaciation of the Arctic and subarctic regions visited during the cruise; 2. Botanical notes.Unalaska and the Aleuts -- Among the islands of Bering Sea -- Siberian adventures -- In peril from the pack -- A Chukchi orator -- Eskimos and walrus -- At Plover Bay and St. Michael -- Return of the search party -- Villages of the dead -- Glimpses of Alaskan tundra -- Caribou and a native fair -- Zigzags among the polar pack -- First ascent of Herald Island -- Approaching a mysterious land -- The landof the white bear -- Tragedies of the whaling fleet -- Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition -- A Siberean reindeer herd -- Turned back by storms and ice -- Homeward-bound