SECTIONS jhH-Ti ST.ITIONS - continued 



PlacQ 



Date 



Gambell to Siberia 



.Siberia to St. liattheY/ Island 



8/5/34 to 

 8/6/34 

 8/6/34 to 

 8/7/34 

 St. Matthew - Wunivak 8/9/34 



Off Capo Mohican, Nunivak Island 8/10/34 

 East of St. Paul Island 8/12/34 

 Bogoslof Island, St Goorgo 8/20/34 to 

 Island 8/21/34 



St. Paul Island - West 8/21/34 



Lat. 54" 12' 45" E. Long. 168° 8/24/34 

 05' - 35" W to Lat. 54° 19 ' H. 

 Long. 165° 10' W 



The CHEIAl'J ??as anchored in the follovjing places I'or current data: 



Womo 



Wcstorn Boring Strait 



Off GoiQblo 



St. I\iatthcvj Island 



Cape Ilohican 



30 July 



1 J:lUgUSt 



6 August 



6 August 



10-11 August 



Bogoslof 



18-19-20 August 



Hours underway; 

 Hilcs cruised: 



897 



11,633 



D ESCRIPTIOII OE REGI O!!. 



Bering Sea, (figure I) second only to the l.Iediterranean Sea in size, 

 covers an area of 878,000 square miles. It extends from latitude of 52° 

 North to the Arctic Circle a distance of over 800 miles L'orth and South 

 and from 160° West to 160° East Longitude and is bounded on the south 

 by the Alaskan Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, on the cast by Alaskan 

 coast linos, and on the west by the Siberian coast, a ..a::iimun of over 1200 

 miles oast and west. On the north, it is conU'^ctod with the Arctic Ocean by 

 raeans of Boring Strait. 



The Aleutian Islands, jutting about 900 miles to the westward from the 

 mainland to a comparatively short distance of the Asiatic mainland are a con- 

 tinuation of the Alaskan Peninsula, They forai a partial barrier between the 

 North Pacific Ocean and the Boring Soa, Thoy aro mountainous, in the extrome 

 and generally of volcanic origin. Their average elevation is -^bout 1000 ft. 

 reaching as maximuia to 5000 ft. They are devoid of timber but a luxurious 

 growth of flora is present generally below the snow line. The shores are bold 

 on the northern side with nuiaerous of flying islets, rocks and reefs to the 

 southward. They are divided into groups, such as Fox Islands, Rat Islands, 

 etc. The charts are usually inaccurate having been n.ado fraa tho oarly 

 Russian charts, • 



■ The essential features of the bottom topography (figure 2) may bo . 

 outlined as follows: The eastern and northern portions of fJoring Soa are 

 shallow, the bottom depth rarely exceeding 100 motors. SGVc;ral islands 



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