George Wilhelm Steller

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Issues concerning the life and work of George Wilhelm Steller, the first naturalist to visit Alaska, are presented. Reference is made to the vivid accounts of his trip with Captain-Commander Vitus Bering and his role in saving the lives of over half the crew who were suffering from scurvy.

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Trail and error

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The story of Captain William Ralph Abercrombie's attempt in 1898 to find an American route to the Alaskan goldfields avoiding the payment of Canadian taxes is presented. The Richardson Highway now follows this trail.

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Visions of the Glacier Priest

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A biography of Father Bernard Hubbard is presented. From 1927 to the late 1950s Father Hubbard led annual expeditions to Alaska for the scientific exploration of remote regions.

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