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Identifier: sealsalmonfisher03jord (find matches)
Title: Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Jordon, David Starr, 1851-1931 Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930 Maynard, Washburn, 1844- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909 Morris, William Gouverneur, d. 1884 Petroff, Ivan, b. 1842 Townsend, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944 True, Frederick William, 1858-1914 Brice, John J Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943 United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division
Subjects: Bering Sea controversy Sealing Fisheries
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Printing Office
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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ch is used as the village store-house. Walrus and seal meat are dropped down the shaft and storedin the snow, were it keeps indefinitely. The women gain entrance intotheir cellar by letting themselves down hand over hand along a rawliiderope. Leaving this hermit colony astern, the Bear headed for Point Spencer,at the entrance to Port Clarence, on whose shores the reindeer stationis located. As we neared land, huge floes of drift ice were encoun-tered; the officer of the deck went to the crows nest, and at slowspeed the captain and the first officer carefully guided the vessel onher course. When the larger pieces of ice were struck, she would quiverfor an instant from stem to stern like a thing of life. On roundingPoint Spencer, the whaling fleet was seen riding at anchor with flagsflying in honor of the arrival of the Government vessel. As the Bearneared each ship, flags were dipped and steam whistles pierced tlequiet air. After cruising in deserted, ice-covered waters, the only craft
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ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 691 a skin canoe here and there, it was an inspiring sight in this far off,uninhabited bay, almost Avithin the Arctic Circle. The whaling fleetusually leaves San Francisco in January, and it is their custom togather at this point about the 1st of July before entering the ArcticOcean to meet the steamer sent from San Francisco with a fresh supplyof provisions and coal. Soon after anchoring, the captains of thewhalers began arriving, in order to get their mail; for among other goodoffices the Bear brings up the annual mail for the whalers, traders,teachers, and others in the Arctic regions of the United States, Greatbundles of letters and papers were piled on the captains table, whichwere carefully scanned, each man j)icking out those that belonged tohimself or his crew. Among the visitors were Mr. Kjelbnanu and Mr.Brevig, from the reindeer station 10 miles away, who brought the newsof the successful wintering of the herds. I silent July 3 inspectingthe station. As th

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