The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Siberia and Alaska
Stranded on Bering Island - Georg Wilhelm Steller
As physician and scientific know-all on Vitus Bering''s 1741 voyage, Steller shared its triumphs, including landing the first Europeans in Alaska. He also shared its disasters. Returning across the north Pacific to Russian Kamchatka, the crew was stricken with scurvy and the vessel grounded. Bering and half his men would die; the others barely survi...
Stranded on Bering Island - Georg Wilhelm Steller
As physician and scientific know-all on Vitus Bering''s 1741 voyage, Steller shared its triumphs, including landing the first Europeans in Alaska. He also shared its disasters. Returning across the north Pacific to Russian Kamchatka, the crew was stricken with scurvy and the vessel grounded. Bering and half his men would die; the others barely survi...
