Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska :

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Document Record

Creator
Ray, P. H. (Patrick Henry), 1842-1911 ctb
Murdoch, John, 1852-1925 ctb
McRae, A. L. ctb
United States. War Dept. Office of the Chief Signal Officer ctb
Title
International Polar Expedition aut
Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska : in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884.
Published
Washington : Government Printing Office, 1885.
Identifier
oocihm.29279
29279
Subject
Eskimos -- Alaska--Point Barrow.
Inuktitut language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Natural history -- Alaska -- Point Barrow.
Meteorology -- Alaska -- Point Barrow -- Observations.
Geomagnetism -- Alaska -- Observations.
Auroras.
Tides -- Alaska -- Point Barrow -- Observations.
Inuits -- Alaska -- Point Barrow.
Inuktitut (Langue) -- Glossaires, vocabulaires, etc.
Sciences naturelles -- Alaska -- Point Barrow.
Météorologie -- Alaska -- Point Barrow -- Observations.
Géomagnétisme -- Alaska -- Observations.
Aurores.
Marées -- Alaska -- Point Barrow -- Observations.
United States -- Discovery and exploration.
Alaska -- Description and travel.
États-Unis -- Découverte et exploration.
Alaska -- Descriptions et voyages.
Document source
Scanned from a microfiche of the original publication held by Library and Archives Canada.
Notes
Tables.
1 online resource (793 pages) : illustrations, map, plan, portraits.
Includes index.
Part I. Orders and instructions / U.S. War Dept., Office of the Chief Signal Officer -- Part II. Narrative / By Lieut. P.H. Ray -- Part III. Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow / By Lieut. P.H. Ray -- Part IV. Natural history / By John Murdoch, A.M., Sergeant Signal Corps, U.S. Army -- Part V. Meteorology -- Part VI. Terrestrial magnetism -- Part VII. Tides -- Part VIII. Miscellaneous observations. I. A report on the grand current observations made at Uglaamie, Alaska / By A.L. McRae, Private Signal Corps, U.S. Army.
3 preliminary leaves, 695 pages, V, II leaves of plates, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : map, portraits ; 30 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.29279