Report of the International polar expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska
Subtitle: in response to the resolution of the [U.S.] House of representatives of December 11, 1884.
Contributors: Ray, Patrick Henry, 1842-1911.; Murdoch, John, 1852-; Riley, Charles V. 1843-1895.; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927; Schott, Charles A. 1826-1901.; United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Series: U.S. Signal office.  Arctic series of publications, no. I
Publisher: Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1885
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 695
Subjects: Barrow, Cape; Alaska -- Description and travel; United States -- Exploring expeditions
Notes: Issued also as House ex. doc. 44, 48th Cong., 2d sess. (v. 23, serial no. 2298)
Report of Lieut. P.H. Ray, commanding the expedition, to the chief of the United States Signal office.
Table of contents: title: pt.I. Orders and instructions.; title: pt.II. Narrative, by Lieut. P.H. Ray.; title: pt. III. Ethnographic sketch of the natives of Point Barrow, by Lieut. P.H. Ray:  1. Sketch. 2. Approximate census of Eskimos at the Cape Smythe village. 3. Vocabulary collected among the Eskimos of Point Barrow and Cape Smythe. 4. Catalogue of ethnological specimens collected by the Point Barrow expedition, prepared by John Murdoch.; title: pt. IV. Natural history, by John Murdoch: 1. Mammals. 2. Birds. 3. Fishes. 4. Insects [by C.V. Riley]  5. Marine invertebrates (exclusive of mollusks)  6. Report on the mollusks, by W.H. Dall.  7. Collecting localities and dredging stations.  8. Plants, by Prof. Asa Gray.  Appendix.; title: pt. V.  Meteorology (including Aurora); title: pt. VI.  Terrestrial magnetism [by C.A. Schott, U.S Coast and geodetic survey]; title: pt. VII. Tides.; title: pt. VIII. Miscellaneous observations.