On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.

""The Corwin made a very short stay on Wrangel Land, only about two hours . Captain Hooper, Mr. Nelson and myself examined a mile or two of the left bank of the river . and a stretch of smooth beach at its mouth, while a party of officers, after erecting a cairn, depositing records in it,...

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Published: San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Oct. 22, 1881 1881
Subjects:
Cairn
The Bluff
Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/1413 2023-05-15T15:39:41+02:00 On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881. 1881-10-22 http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1413 unknown San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Oct. 22, 1881 See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 189-[199]; no. 347, pp. 173-[182]. 1881 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:38Z ""The Corwin made a very short stay on Wrangel Land, only about two hours . Captain Hooper, Mr. Nelson and myself examined a mile or two of the left bank of the river . and a stretch of smooth beach at its mouth, while a party of officers, after erecting a cairn, depositing records in it, and getting the flag on the edge of the bluff fronting the ocean, went northeastward along the brow of the shore bluff . searching carefully for traces of the Jeanette explorers, and of any native inhabitants . ""Then all were suddenly and hastily summoned aboard, and Muir writes, ""we escaped with difficulty . the lane by which we entered having almost vanished . "" Other/Unknown Material Barrow Point Barrow Alaska University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Cairn ENVELOPE(-57.083,-57.083,-63.500,-63.500) The Bluff ENVELOPE(-61.567,-61.567,-64.367,-64.367)
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description ""The Corwin made a very short stay on Wrangel Land, only about two hours . Captain Hooper, Mr. Nelson and myself examined a mile or two of the left bank of the river . and a stretch of smooth beach at its mouth, while a party of officers, after erecting a cairn, depositing records in it, and getting the flag on the edge of the bluff fronting the ocean, went northeastward along the brow of the shore bluff . searching carefully for traces of the Jeanette explorers, and of any native inhabitants . ""Then all were suddenly and hastily summoned aboard, and Muir writes, ""we escaped with difficulty . the lane by which we entered having almost vanished . ""
title On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
spellingShingle On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
title_short On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
title_full On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
title_fullStr On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
title_full_unstemmed On Wrangel Land. Wreckage Found on the Beach-Condition of the Soil. Improbability of Any Landing Having Been Made by Captain DeLong. Difficulties Which Beset the Corwin-Narrow Escape from the Ice. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) . Steamer Corwin, Off Point Barrow, Alaska, August 17, 1881.
title_sort on wrangel land. wreckage found on the beach-condition of the soil. improbability of any landing having been made by captain delong. difficulties which beset the corwin-narrow escape from the ice. (special correspondence of the bulletin.) . steamer corwin, off point barrow, alaska, august 17, 1881.
publisher San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Oct. 22, 1881
publishDate 1881
url http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1413
long_lat ENVELOPE(-57.083,-57.083,-63.500,-63.500)
ENVELOPE(-61.567,-61.567,-64.367,-64.367)
geographic Cairn
The Bluff
geographic_facet Cairn
The Bluff
genre Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
genre_facet Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
op_relation See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 189-[199]; no. 347, pp. 173-[182].
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