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(2) The scientific staff represented varied interests and 

 was made up of men trained in special lines of research. 



(3) The equipment was comprehensive, including naph- 

 tha launches, small boats and canoes, camping outfits, 

 stenographers, photographers, and extra men for oarsmen 

 and helpers, thereby reducing to a minimum the time 

 necessary to accomplish material results. The naphtha 

 launches were of the utmost service, landing large parties 

 quickly and safely, and conveying men and supplies to 

 remote points out of reach of the ship. It is safe to say 

 that through their agency the opportunities and results 

 were doubled. 



A library of five hundred volumes, provided by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Harriman and supplemented by the various members 

 of the expedition, was conveniently arranged in the main 

 cabin within reach of all. It included most of the more 

 important and useful works relating to Alaska and proved 

 of great service. A complete series of charts of Alaska, 

 provided by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, Superintendent of the 

 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, was constantly in use 

 in the chart room. Nearly every evening an informal 

 lecture or talk on some subject connected with the work 

 of the Expedition, and illustrated by blackboard sketches, 

 was given in the main cabin. 



The Expedition was favored with unusually fine weather, 

 so that on either the outward or the return voyage prac- 

 tically all parts of the coast from Puget Sound to Unalaska, 

 including the splendid peaks of the St. Elias and Fair- 

 weather ranges and the great mountains of the Alaska 

 Peninsula, were clearly seen from the steamer. 



The large number of photographs taken by the profes- 

 sional photographers on board was materially increased 

 by cameras belonging to various members of the Expedi- 

 tion, and in all not less than five thousand photographs 

 were secured. These cover many parts of the coast re- 



