Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
Subtitle: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska
Contributors: Lois Darling (Illustrator)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Published: June 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780882403946
Subjects: Travel writing; Steller, Georg Wilhelm,; Journeys; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Natural History; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Russia; General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Cultural Region/Pacific Northwest; Discovery and exploration; Geographic Orientation/Alaska; Steller, Georg Wilhelm; 18th century; Kamchatskaia ekspeditsii; Naturalists; Russians; 1709-1746; Alaska; Biography; Germany
First sentence: YEARS AGO, when I was very young, I crossed the North Pacific from Vancouver to Japan; and one day, as our ship rounded the top of the great circle, I noticed a string of strange bare mountains rising out of the sea along the northern horizon.