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

• Main Author: Muir, John, 1838-1914.
• Other Authors: Badé, William Frederic, 1871-1936.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Houghton Mifflin 1917
• Subjects: Corwin (Ship); Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration; Alaska > Discovery and exploration; DeLong; George W; Jeanette (Ship); Arctic; Bering Sea; Herald Island; Plover Bay; St Michael; Barrow; Chukchi; eskimo*; Point Barrow; Subarctic; Tundra; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10605/240

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.