Diary, August 31-September 8, 1908 and itinerary from Bering Island
date: label: Date Range
content: 1908
label: Start Date
content: 19080831
label: End Date
content: 19080908
name: label: Alternate Title
content: 1908, Bering Id, V
notes: label: Abstract
content: This field book is a diary kept by Stejneger during his trip to Nikolski (Nikol’skoye) Bering Island (Ostrov Beringa) to study fur seals in 1908 (this year is questionable). The notebook is dated 31 August to 08 September. Stejneger's notes provide a daily account of his experiences, including observations of the seals and their environment, and of the processes of the killing of seals and collecting of seal skins. Many of Stejneger's notes are reflective, and he comments on the massive killing of fur seals he witnesses.
place: label: Place
content: Russia
label: Place
content: Beringa, ostrov
label: Place
content: Nikol’skoye
topic: label: Topic
content: Northern fur seal
label: Topic
content: Zoologists
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007074
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Diary
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 26 Folder 7