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Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
by Corey Ford
- EXPLORATION
- 1992
- PAPER
- 206 PAGES
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A gripping tale of naturalist Georg Steller and Bering's Second Expedition in 1741. Chronicling one of the great stories of exploration, Ford paints a vivid portrait of Steller and his first encounter with the wildlife of the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Alaskan coast. A classic, first published in 1966, it's subtitled "The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska."
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Bering, The Russian Discovery of America
by Orcutt Frost
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 2003
- HARD COVER
- 330 PAGES
The first modern biography of the great explorer -- and an excellent account of still little-known regions of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East. The author draws on new evidence to reinvigorate the life and adventures of the seafaring Dane. (SIB33, $35.00)
Steller's Island: Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska
by Dean Littlepage
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 2006
- PAPER
- 256 PAGES
The riveting tale of Vitus Bering's great six-year expedition from Kamchatka to Alaska -- and of naturalist Geog Steller's celebrated discoveries in Russia and the New World. (ALA242, $17.95)
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