The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette

xxxi, [1], 278, [2] pp. 8vo. Gray cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with frontispiece and 21 black-and-white plates. BAL 14775: "During the cruise Muir kept a daily record of his experiences and observations. He also wrote a series of letters to the San Francisco Evening Bulletin in which he turned to account the contents of his journals... The present work is based on the journal and the letters, plus the addition, in the appendix, of the two pieces earlier published in 1883 and 1884 as government publications [BAL 14739 and 14742]." "The Cruise Of The Corwin recounts John Muir's 1881 adventure on the sailing ship Corwin along the shores of Alaska and the Arctic in search of Lt. George De Long and the lost Jeanette expedition. Join the 'Great Wanderer' as he shares with readers his studies of icy glaciers and frozen tundra of the high northwest, as well as the mountains, caverns, and rivers of the Alaskan Peninsula and the Arctic. Muir joined the Corwin expedition after seeing an excellent opportunity to further his study of the Arctic's glaciation and mountain ranges. His journals share with modern readers this adventure of the seas in search of the lost Jeanette expedition, along with other natural history treasures they encountered along the way. Join the wanderer as he encounters the Aleuts, the Bering Sea, Siberia, Eskimo tribes, the Alaskan Tundra, and the great wildlife of the northern lands."