The Cruise of the Corwin

by John Muir

THE CRUISE OF THE CORWIN

BY
JOHN MUIR

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS
 

	Introduction	ix
I.	Unalaska and the Aleuts	3
II.	Among the Islands of Bering Sea	19
III.	Siberian Adventures	32
IV.	In Peril from the Pack	47
V.	A Chukchi Orator	56
VI.	Eskimos and Walrus	67
VII.	At Plover Bay and St. Michael	78
VIII.	Return of the Search Party	93
IX.	Villages of the Dead	109
X.	Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra	123
XI.	Caribou and a Native Fair	138
XII.	Zigzags among the Polar Pack	151
XIII.	First Ascent of Herald Island	163
XIV.	Approaching a Mysterious Land	172
XV.	The Land of the White Bear	184
XVI.	Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet	200
XVII.	Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition	214
XVIII.	A Siberian Reindeer Herd	223
XIX.	Turned back by Storms and Ice	236
XX.	Homeward-Bound	244
APPENDIX
I.	The Glaciation of the Arctic and Sub-arctic Regions visited during the Cruise	255
II.	Botanical Notes	281
INDEX		297