Report of the cruise of the U.S. revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898.

• Main Authors: United States. Revenue-Cutter Service., Woodruff, E. H., contributor., Call, Samuel J., contributor., Bertholf, Ellsworth Price, 1866- contributor., Jarvis, David H., 1862-1911, contributor., Tuttle, Francis, contributor., Gage, Lyman J. (Lyman Judson), 1836-1927, contributor., Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Washington : Govt. Print. Off. 1899
• Subjects: Bear (Ship); Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898); Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Point Barrow
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044009838566; http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044043164136; http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hwjxm3

Early in November, 1897, it was brought to the attention of the President that eight vessels of the whaling fleet were caught by the ice in the vicinity of Point Barrow and their crews were in great danger of starvation. An expedition was ordered and placed under the command of Captain Francis Tuttle of the Revenue Cutter Bear, whose officers and crew were all volunteers. The Bear sailed from Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1897 and returned ten months later, bringing four crews of wrecked whalers and having fully carried out all the orders and accomplished all the purposes of the expedition without loss or accident of any kind. Master microform held by: ResP. On verso of t.-p.: Treasury department, Document no. 2101. Division of revenue-cutter service. Issued also without document series note. Issued also as House doc. 511, 56th Cong., 2d sess. Eberstadt Early in November, 1897, it was brought to the attention of the President that eight vessels of the whaling fleet were caught by the ice in the vicinity of Point Barrow and their crews were in great danger of starvation. An expedition was ordered and placed under the command of Captain Francis Tuttle of the Revenue Cutter Bear, whose officers and crew were all volunteers. The Bear sailed from Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1897 and returned ten months later, bringing four crews of wrecked whalers and having fully carried out all the orders and accomplished all the purposes of the expedition without loss or accident of any kind. Mode of access: Internet.