Exploring the Upper Yukon River
Author : Gus Karpes
Publisher : Whitehorse, Yukon : Kugh Enterprises
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Gus Karpes
Publisher : Whitehorse, Yukon : Kugh Enterprises
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Gus Karpes
Publisher : Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : 9780888394217
Author : Frederick Schwatka
Publisher : Chicago : Henry Publishing Company
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Along Alaska's Great Rive. A Popular Account of the Travels of Alaska Exploring Expedition Along the Great Yukon River, From Its Source to Its Mouth, In the British North-West Territory, And in the Territory of Alaska. Together with the Latest Information on the Klondike Country
Author : Frederick Schwatka
Publisher : Philadelphia : J.Y. Huber
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Alaska
ISBN :
"These pages narrate the travels ... of the Alaska exploring expedition of 1883. In April of that year the expedition was organized with seven members at Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory, and left Portland, Oregon in May ... floated over the great stream for over thirteen hundred miles, the longest raft journey ever made, in the interest of geographical science. The entire river, over two thousand miles, was traversed, the party returning home by way of Bering's Sea, and touching at the Aleutian Islands."--Preface.
Author : Frederica de Laguna
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0295801050
This robust and engaging travel narrative re-creates a remarkable adventure in the summer of 1935, when Frederica de Laguna, then in her late 20s, led a party of three other scientists down the rivers of the middle and lower Yukon valley, making a geological and archaeological reconnaissance. De Laguna has based her story on her field notes, journals, and letters home. She augments this first-hand account with excerpts from the reports of earlier explorers and data published after her trip. The result is a fascinating and informative cross-cut of historical events along the Yukon River and its tributaries. Travels Among the Dena chronicles the expedition from its outfitting in Seattle and the trip by steamer and railway to Fairbanks and Nenana, through an 80-day journey on skiffs down the Tanana and Yukon rivers to Holy Cross near the coast, with side trips on the Koyukuk, Khotol, and Innoko rivers, before a one-day return flight to Fairbanks with pioneer bush pilot Noel Wien. Maps illustrate the route taken downriver, and the author’s photographs capture images of the time. The resulting volume is both a delightful addition to the literature of travel adventure in Alaska and an important contribution to the discipline of anthropology.
Author : Archie Satterfield
Publisher : Seattle : Mountaineers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Boats and boating
ISBN : 9780916890803
Author : Schwatka Frederick
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 2011
Category :
ISBN : 9785873593767
An adventurous expedition down the great Yukon River, from its source in the British North-west Territory, to its mouth in the territory of Alaska. This book, "Exploring the great Yukon," by Frederick Schwatka, is a replication of a book originally published before 1890. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.
Author : Frederick Schwatka
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 36,19 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Alaska
ISBN :
Author : Frederick Schwatka
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230256337
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. THROUGH THE UPPER RAMPARTS. T the site of old Fort Selkirk commences the Upper Ramparts of the Yukon, or where that mighty stream cuts through the terminal spurs of the Rocky Mountains, a distance of nearly four hundred miles, the first hundred of which, terminating near the mouth of the Stewart River, are almost equal to the Yosemite or Yellowstone in stupendous grandeur. I was very anxious to determine beyond all reasonable doubt the relative sizes of the two rivers whose waters unite just above old Fort Selkirk, as upon this determination rested the important question whether the Pelly or the Lewis River of the old Hudson Bay traders, who had roughly explored the former, ought to be called the Yukon proper; and in order to settle this point I was fully prepared and determined to make exact measurements, soundings, rate of current and any other data that might be necessary. This information, however, was unnecessary except in a rough form, as the preponderance of the old Lewis River was too evident to the most casual inspection to require any exactness to confirm it. The ratio of their respective width is about five to three, with about the ratio of five to four in depth; the latter, however, being a very rough approximation; the Lewis River being superior in both, and for this reason I abandoned the latter name, and it appears on the map as the Yukon to Crater Lake at its head. represented, however, in regard to the subject of botany. Quite a number of botanical specimens were collected on the Upper Yukon, and have since been placed in the able hands of Professor Watson, curator of the Harvard herbarium, for analysis. While only a partial and crude collection made by an amateur, it has thrown some little light on the...
Author : Charles Sheldon
Publisher :
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Hunting
ISBN :
A record of field experiences while engaged in studying the color variations of the wild sheep of Yukon Territory. It is an attempt to give a detailed account strictly from the point of view of a hunter interested in natural history.