The Cruise of the Corwin
THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN
BY
JOHN MUIR
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Introduction | ix | |
I. | Unalaska and the Aleuts | 3 |
II. | Among the Islands of Bering Sea | 19 |
III. | Siberian Adventures | 32 |
IV. | In Peril from the Pack | 47 |
V. | A Chukchi Orator | 56 |
VI. | Eskimos and Walrus | 67 |
VII. | At Plover Bay and St. Michael | 78 |
VIII. | Return of the Search Party | 93 |
IX. | Villages of the Dead | 109 |
X. | Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra | 123 |
XI. | Caribou and a Native Fair | 138 |
XII. | Zigzags among the Polar Pack | 151 |
XIII. | First Ascent of Herald Island | 163 |
XIV. | Approaching a Mysterious Land | 172 |
XV. | The Land of the White Bear | 184 |
XVI. | Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet | 200 |
XVII. | Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition | 214 |
XVIII. | A Siberian Reindeer Herd | 223 |
XIX. | Turned back by Storms and Ice | 236 |
XX. | Homeward-Bound | 244 |
APPENDIX | ||
I. | The Glaciation of the Arctic and Sub-arctic Regions visited during the Cruise | 255 |
II. | Botanical Notes | 281 |
INDEX | 297 |