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Where the sea breaks its back : the epic story of early naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian exploration of Alaska
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A splendid account of the final voyage of explorer Vitus Bering and of the life of naturalist Georg Steller (1709-1746), who accompanied Bering on the 1741 crossing into the uncharted North Pacific.
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- Creator
- by Corey Ford ; with drawings by Lois Darling
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, [1992]
- ©1992
- Physical Details
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- x, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 088240394X, 9780882403946
- OCLC
- ocm25246581
- Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1966.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206).
- Volcanoes, mummies, sea otters -- Steller: Avacha Bay -- Captain Commander -- Voyage to the unknown -- Ten years for ten hours -- Sound of gunfire -- "By the Will of God" -- Bering Island -- Long winter -- Steller's sea cow -- Return of the St. Peter -- Journey's end -- Plunderers