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Steller's Island : Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska by Dean Littlepage is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Steller's Island : Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska about?
<BR>* Introduces a naturalist and explorer who predated Lewis and Clark and John Muir <BR>* Examines the historical legacy of the man whose name graces the Steller's jay, Steller sea lion, Steller's eider, and more <BR>* Places Steller's journey in context for today, following the impact of his discoveries to the present <BR><BR>In 1741, a Russian expedition ship captained by Vitus Bering carried the first scientist to set foot anywhere on the western half of North America. Georg Steller would introduce the world to the staggering wealth and diversity of life of the North Pacific, providing the first European accounts of the sea otter, sea lion, northern fur seal, native Alaskan Chugach people, and more. Steller's Island is a fascinating tale of the rewards and perils of exploration in this era. It is about the courage of scientific curiosity, even in uncharted waters, alien lands, and desperate circumstances, including storms, scurvy, and shipwreck. <BR><BR>Steller traveled deep into the wild with little on his back. In the one day Bering permitted him to explore Kayak Island along the southern Alaskan coast, he catalogued more than one hundred previously unknown plants. He was th
Who reads Steller's Island : Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dean Littlepage
- Publisher
- The Mountaineers Books
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781322890081
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Adventure, History, Biology
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