Field Notes, 1880 (2 of 2)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1880
label: Start Date
content: 18800822
label: End Date
content: 18801115
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Notebook No. 2, 1880
notes: label: Abstract
content: The note book documents work for the United States Coast Survey, 1880. Data recorded includes voyage information -- time, barometric readings, air and water temperature and wind direction, measured every four hours. Entries describe destinations, activities of survey members, interactions with local inhabitants, descriptions of coastal terrain, crops farmed by indigenous tribes, vegetation, and soil composition. In back are tables of sea temperatures of the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean.
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: Port Clarence
label: Place
content: Umnak Island
label: Place
content: Bering Sea
label: Place
content: Arctic Ocean
label: Place
content: Aleutian Islands
topic: label: Topic
content: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
label: Topic
content: Natural history
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007073
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
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: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 24 Folder 7