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Field notes, 1880 (1 of 2)

by: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927

Publication date: 1880

Topics: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Natural history

Collection: biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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The note book documents work for the United States Coast Survey (1871-1880). Includes records from William Dall, Noyse, and Baker. Data recorded includes voyage information from California to Alaska including time, barometric readings, air and water temperature and wind direction, measured every four hours. Lists destinations, discusses composition of Alaskan population, activities of survey members, descriptions of coastal terrain, crops farmed by indigenous tribes. Some locations include the vicinity of Chugachik Bay [Kachemak Bay], Sitka, Chilkaht River [Bering River], Mount Fairweather, and Kachemak Bay. There is an index at the back of the notebook including survey locations

Abstract: The note book documents work for the United States Coast Survey (1871-1880). Includes records from William Dall, Noyse, and Baker. Data recorded includes voyage information from California to Alaska including time, barometric readings, air and water temperature and wind direction, measured every four hours. Lists destinations, discusses composition of Alaskan population, activities of survey members, descriptions of coastal terrain, crops farmed by indigenous tribes. Some locations include the vicinity of Chugachik Bay [Kachemak Bay], Sitka, Chilkaht River [Bering River], Mount Fairweather, and Kachemak Bay. There is an index at the back of the notebook including survey locations.