Memorandum (1911) about a well-preserved mammoth from the Russian Arctic donated by Aleksander Stenbock-Fermor to Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

• Published in: Archives of Natural History
• Main Author: Daszkiewicz, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2005
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); History; Anthropology; Arctic; Perrier; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2005.32.1.48

In 1911 Aleksander Stenbock-Fermor, a Russian aristocrat, offered the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, a well-preserved mammoth from Lyakhowskiy Island, New Siberian Isles. This paper presents a hitherto unpublished memorandum that Stenbock-Fermor addressed to Edmond Perrier, the Mu...