VI CONTENTS. 



Chapter XIX. 



The stay on Bering Island. — Fauna of the island. — A rich field 

 for Steller. — His descriptions immortalize the expedition. — 

 The sea-cow. — Its extermination. — Nordenskjold refuted. 

 — Preparations for wintering. — Sad death of Bering. — An 

 estimate of his work. — Chirikoff's return. — The crew of the 

 St. Peter leave the Island. — The Great Northern Expedi- 

 tion discontinued. — Bering's reports buried in Russian 

 archives. — Bering honored by Cook 174 



Appendix. 



Bering's Report to the Admiralty from Okhotsk . . . 195 



Notes 202 



Index 217 



Maps. 



