ALASKA - RAY, P.H. (ed.).

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Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884. First edition of the official United States government publication documenting the American contribution to the First International Polar Year of 1882 and 1883.The expedition departed San Francisco in July 1881 and established a long-term observing station near Point Barrow, which remained in operation until 1883. The report records the practical realities of Arctic fieldwork, including coastal and inland travel by sledge, methods of construction and survival in polar conditions, and the use of permafrost for storage. It also documents notable events of the expedition, among them the loss of the whaling vessel North Star to the ice. The folding map illustrates the surveyed coastline and inland routes explored during the expedition.

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