Title
Photographs of Robben Island, Kamchatka (Mt. Velienchinski, Petropavlovsk), Bering Island (sledge dogs, fur-seal drives and rookeries) and Copper Island
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Contained In:
Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943
Series:
SIA RU007074
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1896
Notes
These black and white photographs mounted on board pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea. Many of the photographs are dated July or August of 1896. Depicted in these photographs are fur seals, fur seal drives, geographic features, villages, sled dogs, and people. Locations depicted include Robben Island, Kamchatka (Mt. Velienchinski, Petropavlovsk), Bering Island, officially called Ostrov Beringa (North and South Rookery, and Copper Island, officially called Ostrov Mednyy (Glinka and Karabelni). Some or all of these images may be published.
Subjects
Beringa, ostrov
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Black-and-white photographs
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Field notes
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Glinka
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Kamchatka
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Mednyy, Ostrov
,
Northern fur seal
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Russia
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Tyuleniy, Ostrov
,
Zoologists
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153458
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