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Jan. 28a James A. Wickersham diary, 1902.

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Collection Name	Wickersham State Historic Site. Manuscripts, 1884-1970s.
Identifier	ASL-MS0107-Diary03-1902-January28a
Title	Jan. 28a James A. Wickersham diary, 1902.
Creator	Wickersham, James, 1857-1939
Contributors	Slemmons, Mary Anne [Transcriber]
Type	Text
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl@eed.state.ak.us
Transcript	28th Beautiful clear cold morning 7 oclock : Everybody from the Eskimo village going out on the ice - men women & children - singing & happy harvest day for fish & seal. Mr. Lopp, Mrs. Bernhardi & I go to the top of the mountain. THE CADET We reached the top of the highest peak just east of the cape at 11 oclock & from its summit could see Berings Sea at our feet, and to the southward across the ice floes King Island. To the north spread the Arctic Ocean which we could see from almost at the foot of the mountain as far as the eye could reach. To the west Berings straits filled with ice, the Diomede Islands & looming over them the high land of East Cape of Asia. Standing upon the spot where
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