Author Corey Ford documents the moving story of naturalist Georg Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A great account of the first explorers to discover Alaska.,
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This review is from: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska (Paperback)
A true account of Vitus Bering's voyage from Russia to discover what is now Alaska. Anyone interested in the history of Alaska should start by reading this book, or someone looking for an actual true life adventure story that makes one appreciate the dangers encounted in the 1700's by these amazing explorers. This book is written from the journals of Georg Stellar, the naturalist on-board the boat that discovered Alaska. The first written account and identification of many species that Stellar discovered and writes about in his journals. One of which is extinct today and his writings are the only account of the massive Stellar Sea Cow. A fabulous account of these adventurors and their interaction with the beautiful, but deadly, Alaska coast and it's native people.
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Great adventure book,
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This review is from: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska (Paperback)
Excellent story of the discovery of Alaska by the famous explorer,Vitus Bering and naturalist, Georg Steller. Combines text from Steller's extensive notes and observations of the author.
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Dynamic as the Bering Sea,
This review is from: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska (Paperback)
Great historical read of the Russian Bering/Stellar voyage to Alaska. Corey Ford's writing is vivid, flowing, has first hand knowledge of the Bering Sea islands, gifted nature writer. I've given this book as a must read to several friends.
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YEARS AGO, when I was very young, I crossed the North Pacific from Vancouver to Japan; and one day, as our ship rounded the top of the great circle, I noticed a string of strange bare mountains rising out of the sea along the northern horizon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sea breaks its back, captain commander, sea otter skins, otter pelts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Avacha Bay, Bering Island, Fleet Master, Bolshaya Zemlya, Master Khitrov, Academy of Sciences, North Pacific, Brown Bear, Gama Land, Captain John, Kayak Island, Lieutenant Waxell, Peter the Great, Imperial Senate, Kurile Islands, Air Force, Cape Lopatka, Captain Chirikov, Captain Spanberg, Immoral Clockmaker, Imperial Navy, Adjunct Steller, Alaska Game Commission, Alaska Peninsula, Bird Island New!
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YEARS AGO, when I was very young, I crossed the North Pacific from Vancouver to Japan; and one day, as our ship rounded the top of the great circle, I noticed a string of strange bare mountains rising out of the sea along the northern horizon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sea breaks its back, captain commander, sea otter skins, otter pelts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Avacha Bay, Bering Island, Fleet Master, Bolshaya Zemlya, Master Khitrov, Academy of Sciences, North Pacific, Brown Bear, Gama Land, Captain John, Kayak Island, Lieutenant Waxell, Peter the Great, Imperial Senate, Kurile Islands, Air Force, Cape Lopatka, Captain Chirikov, Captain Spanberg, Immoral Clockmaker, Imperial Navy, Adjunct Steller, Alaska Game Commission, Alaska Peninsula, Bird Island New!
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- History of Alaska by Henry W. Clark in Back Matter
- Vitus Bering (Select bibliographies reprint series) by Peter Lauridsen in Back Matter
- The Lutheran Church (Christian denominations series) by Roy Long on page 134
- Bering: The Russian Discovery of America by Orcutt Frost in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land--From Russian Fur Traders to the Gold Rush, Extraordinary Railroads, World War II, the Oil Boom, and the Fight Over ANWR by Walter R. Borneman on page 542, page 544, and page 562
- Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land by Walter R. Borneman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- At the Ends of the Earth: A History Of The Polar Regions by Kieran Mulvaney on page 163, and Back Matter
- The Empty Ocean by Richard Ellis on page 140, and Back Matter
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