Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Corey Ford

Author Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Whlhelm Steller, who served on the 1741 42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering Steller was one of Europe s foremost naturalists and the first to document the unique wildlife of the Alaskan coast In the course of the voyage, Steller made his valuable discoveries and suffered, along with Bering and the cred of the ill fated brig St Peter, some of the most grueling experiences in the history of Arctic exploration First published in 1966, Where the Sea Breaks Its Back was hailed as among this country s greatest outdoor writing by Field Stream magazine, and today continues to enchant and enlighten the new generations of readers about this amazing and yet tragic expedition, and Georg Steller s significant discoveries as an early naturalist. Download Where the Sea Breaks Its Back Author Corey Ford – kino-fada.fr The Steller s jay, common to the western American coast from southcentral Alaska to Central America, is a relation of the eastern blue jay, common to central and east coastal America The Steller s jay is gorgeous, a graduated blue with an aggressive crest that stands straight up and makes it look like Mr T in a really bad mood I ve grown up around the Steller s jay, they re the default blue jay for me, and so it was with a delightful shock of recognition that I read this passage in Corey Ford The Steller s jay, common t...Great story telling, read it for the purpose of its nature related theme and got muchthan that The writing style is somewhat different than Im used too Surprisingly loved the story of the voyagethan I thought I would and has me wanting to readsea going booksA great book about the discovery of Alaska Georg Stellar.The Epic Story of Early Naturalist George Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska, written by Corey Ford using records and diaries left by Steller and Captain Vitus Bearing This book is about Georg Wilhel Steller 1709 1742 who was the first naturalist to visit and document the flora and fauna of the Alaskan coast Some of his reports included documentation what was some of the last surveying wildlife in the world Steller was aboard the St Peter when Captain Vitus Bering made his epic The Epic Story of Early Naturalist George Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska, written by Corey Ford using records and diaries left by Steller and Captain Vitus Bearing This book is about Georg Wilhel Steller 1...This is the story of Georg Wilhelm Steller, the naturalist who saw and described the Steller s Jay and Steller s Sea Cow among other animals and plants on his trip to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, 1741 to 1742 The Russians had been planning this trip for 10 years and Steller barely was able to join it 2 ships left and got separated after 2 weeks sailing from Kamchatka, trying to find the bogus continent, Gama Land, which mapmaker Delisle claimed was there The ship St Peter went on to fi This is the story of Georg Wilhelm Steller, the naturalist who saw and described the Steller s Jay and Steller s Sea Cow among other animals and plants on his trip to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, 1741 to 1742 The Russians had been planning this trip for 10 years and Steller barely was able to join it 2 ships left and got separated after 2 weeks sailing from Kamchatka, trying to find the bogus continent, Gama Land, which mapmaker Delisle claimed was there The ship St Peter went on to find the Alexander Archipelago in SW Alaska and the ship Steller was on, the St Paul, went further north to sight Mt St Elias, on the rugged coast of Alaska Both ships wandered back east along the spine of the peninsula that becomes the Aleutian Islands Steller was tactless, penniless, and extremely bright, so his only friends were his assistants and the captain of the St Paul As ship physician he requested antiscurvy herbs, but was ignored Th...This book does not say much about Steller s early life In fact, I couldn t even remember what Steller s first name was without looking at the title It does tell a lot about the Bering s second voyage This part is described in so much detail that I wonder how the author got so much information, especially about the relationships between the officers The story is incredible It is hard to believe that people could survive so much suffering, that is, the ones that did survive Somehow in the bo This book does not say much about Steller s early life In fact, I couldn t even remember what Steller s first name was without looking at the title It does tell a lot about the Bering s second voyage This part is described in so much detail that I wonder how the author got so much information, especially about the relationships between the officers The story is incredible It is hard to believe that people could survive so much suffering, that is, the ones that did survive Somehow in the book, it never sounded like Steller suffered as much as the other people on the ship I don t know if this is from the way the book was written or if Steller was in better shape that the other people or if he was better able to care for himself It did sound like he was very tough, both mentally and physically I think I shared the frustration ascribed to Steller from not being able to learn much about Alaska because the early part of the book described the difficulty of getting to Kamchatka, setting up ...This book was a quick read, it tells two stories, one being that of Bering s journey from Russia to the Alaskan coast and back, and the other being the contributions of the naturist that was a part of his crew The most memorable part of the story to me, without spoiling too much of the events, was the level of knowledge some of the crew members had, and being that the whole trip took place before the American Revolution, it s amazing what they were able to do without relying on modern technolog This book was a quick read, it tells two stories, one being that of Bering s journey from Russia to the Alaskan coast and back, and the other being the contributions of the naturist that was a part of his crew The most memorable p...I have a soft spot for sea and exploration stories and for competent, unlikable heroes This book delivered action, memoir, politics, and botany I learned so much in an enjoyable way The last section of the book is about the fur rush, and I skimmed it real fast because it was so sad What a fascinating, infuriating time in history G.W Steller joins the 100% All Man ranks of Richard Dana, Roald Amundsen, and basically every sailor of that time period Immediately took my multivitamin after I have a soft spot for sea and exploration stories and for competent, unlikable heroes This book delivered action, memoir, politics, and botany I learned so much in an enjoyable way The last section of the book is about the fur rush, and I skimmed it real fast b...This is an incredible story The story telling is a little hokey here and there, but the story itself is so compelling you almost don t notice This book led me to fascination with far east Russia and helped me fallin love with the wild Alaskan wilderness and the overwhelming end...Wow What a history Had just a fewunfortunate things occurred or had the crew been just a bitunlucky, the history of Alaska, the peaceful Aleut people, and the innocent sea mammals of the Aleutians and Bering Sea may have been much brighter Learned Bering was interesting, but e...

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26 June 2018

Corey Ford