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Report of the International polar expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska : in response to the resolution of the [U.S.] House of representatives of December 11, 1884.

Title
Report of the International polar expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska : in response to the resolution of the [U.S.] House of representatives of December 11, 1884.
Author
International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1881-1883)
Publication
Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1885.

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Additional Authors
  • Ray, P. H. (Patrick Henry), 1842-1911.
  • Murdoch, John, 1852-1925.
  • Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895.
  • Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
  • Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927.
  • Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901.
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Description
3-695 pages : frontispiece, plates (part color), folded map, plan; 80 cm.
Series Statement
U.S. Signal office. Arctic series of publications, no. I
Uniform Title
Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army ; no. 1.
Subjects
Note
  • Issued also as House ex. doc. 44, 48th Cong., 2d sess. (v. 23, serial no. 2298).
  • Report of Lieut. P.H. Ray, commanding the expedition, to the chief of the United States Signal office.
Reproduction (note)
  • Photocopy.
Contents
pt. I. Orders and instructions.--pt. II. Narrative, by Lieut. P.H. Ray.--pt. III. Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow, by Lieut. P.H. Ray: 1. Sketch. 2. Approximate census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village. 3. Vocabulary collected among the Eskimos of Point Barrow and Cape Smythe. 4. Catalogue of ethnological specimens collected by the Point Barrow expedition, prepared by John Murdoch.--pt. IV. Natural history, by John Murdoch: 1. Mammals. 2. Birds. 3. Fishes. 4. Insects [by C.V. Riley] 5. Marine invertebrates (exclusive of mollusks) 6. Report on the mollusks, by W.H. Dall. 7. Collecting localities and dredging stations. 8. Plants, by Prof. Asa Gray. Appendix.--pt. V. Meteorology (including Aurora)-- pt. VI. Terrestrial magnetism [by C.A. Schott, U.S Coast and geodetic survey]--pt. VII. Tides.--pt. VIII. Miscellaneous observations.
OCLC
  • ocn461308066
  • 461308066
  • SCSB-5494866
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries