Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.

Muir recounts the many perilous attempts they made to reach the icebound shores of Wrangell Land, only to be compelled each time by fog and closing ice to grope their way back to open water. After numerous attempts interspersed with days of waiting, they finally dropped anchor close by the desolate...

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Published: San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 29, 1881 1881
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Arctic
Point Barrow
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/1410 2023-05-15T15:01:31+02:00 Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881. 1881-09-29 http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1410 unknown San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 29, 1881 See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 172-173, 178-188; no. 347, pp. 158-159, 163-173 1881 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:38Z Muir recounts the many perilous attempts they made to reach the icebound shores of Wrangell Land, only to be compelled each time by fog and closing ice to grope their way back to open water. After numerous attempts interspersed with days of waiting, they finally dropped anchor close by the desolate shore. Muir writes: ""The long battle we had fought with the ice was now fairly won, and neither engine nor hull of the ship seemed to have suffered any appreciable damage from the terrible shocks and strains they had undergone."" Muir concludes: ""A land more severely solitary could hardly be found anywhere on the face of the globe."" Other/Unknown Material Arctic Point Barrow University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Arctic
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description Muir recounts the many perilous attempts they made to reach the icebound shores of Wrangell Land, only to be compelled each time by fog and closing ice to grope their way back to open water. After numerous attempts interspersed with days of waiting, they finally dropped anchor close by the desolate shore. Muir writes: ""The long battle we had fought with the ice was now fairly won, and neither engine nor hull of the ship seemed to have suffered any appreciable damage from the terrible shocks and strains they had undergone."" Muir concludes: ""A land more severely solitary could hardly be found anywhere on the face of the globe.""
title Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
spellingShingle Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
title_short Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
title_full Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
title_fullStr Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
title_full_unstemmed Wrangel Land, Conflict with the Ice-A Struggle to Reach Shore. The Corwin in an Arctic River-Acquisition to the National Domain. Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, August 16, 1881.
title_sort wrangel land, conflict with the ice-a struggle to reach shore. the corwin in an arctic river-acquisition to the national domain. steamer corwin, off point barrow, august 16, 1881.
publisher San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 29, 1881
publishDate 1881
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Point Barrow
op_relation See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 172-173, 178-188; no. 347, pp. 158-159, 163-173
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