The Aleutian Islands. Geological Notes of the Group-Glaciers and Volcanoes. Fauna and Flora of the Group-Agricultural Notes-The Inhabitants. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) (By the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Dora . the following delayed letter . came to hand:) Ounalaska, May 21, 1881.
""The Aleutian chain of islands is one of the most remarkable and interesting to be found on the globe, sweeping in a regular curve a thousand miles long from the end of the Alaska Peninsula towards Kamchatka, and nearly uniting the American and Asiatic continents. A very short geological...
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San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, July 25, 1881
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| Summary: | ""The Aleutian chain of islands is one of the most remarkable and interesting to be found on the globe, sweeping in a regular curve a thousand miles long from the end of the Alaska Peninsula towards Kamchatka, and nearly uniting the American and Asiatic continents. A very short geological time ago, just before the coming on of the glacial period, this connection of the continents was probably complete. "" |
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