Title taken from front. View of Alaskan steamship stuck in ice jam on Bering Sea, with people on deck. From verso: "Made in America by Edw. H. Mitchell at San Francisco." Publisher's number 2011. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Postcard...
Title from caption on image Buildings in Akutan, Eastern Aleutians: 1. White man's store; 2. Russian Church; 3. Chief's house; 4. Farther huts Photographer's number 3888c
Portrait traditionally identified as Vitus Jonassen Bering. This identification is questioned, following the discovery in 1991 of Bering's remains and the forensic reconstruction of his facial features. Portrait is possibly Vitus Pedersen Bering,...
The history, beginning with primitive Alaska Eskimo life, includes some "book facts," personal anecdotes, and stories told by others. It describes life in the northern regions from early times until ca. 1937-1940 when the history was written. ...