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Excerpt from United States Coast Pilot Alaska: Yakutat Bay to Arctic Ocean This publication covers the coast of Alaska from Yakutat Bay the Arctic Ocean, including the Aleutian Islands. In the surveyed areas it is based upon the work of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, while in the unsurveyed areas it is a compilation of information gathered from a wide variety of sources. The material was gathered by the coast pilot section, assisted by various field officers, and the final compilation made by R. S. Patton, chief, coast pilot section, and A. L. Giacomini, nautical expert, under the direction of Herbert C. Graves, chief of the division of hydrography and topography. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Navigators are requested to notify the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of any errors or omissions they may find in this publication, or of additional matter which they think should he inserted for the information of mariners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.