Diary, 1914, of trip with Wilfred Hudson Osgood and George Howard Parker to Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Related Titles

Contained In: Edward Alexander Preble Papers, 1887-1957 and undated
Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project
Series: SIA RU007252

By

Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1914

Notes

The diary is from Edward Preble's trip with Wilfred Hudson Osgood and George Howard Parker to Pribilof Islands to Alaska in 1914. Entries are dated, and list travel destinations. It includes multiple tables in between journal entries. Entries describe weather, vegetation, wildlife (including birds), physical surroundings, group sealing (hunting) by indigenous inhabitants, especially fur seals. Includes seal counts at several locations in the Western Aleutian islands. There is also a list of photographs taken. Locations include the vicinity of the West Aleutians -- Pribilof Islands, Akutan Harbor, Polovina Hill, and Sea Lion Rock.

Subjects

Akutan Harbor , Alaska , Aleutians West , Bureau of Biological Survey , Diary , Field notes , Mammalogy , Ornithology , Polovina Hill , Pribilof Islands , Sea Lion Rock , Seals (Animals) , United States

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.149115