Abstract
Contains account of voyage made by the schooner Yukon (author in charge) Aug. 11-Sept. 10, 1880. Observations were made during the northward voyage at Plover Bay on the Siberian coast 64 degrees 229 N. 173 degrees 219 W.) and on the Alaska coast near Cape Lisburne. Pack ice was encountered north of Pt. Barrow and the Yukon turned south, stopping about 50 mi. west of Barrow, then at Chamisso Island in Kotzebue Sound, and on Big Diomede in Bering Strait. Comments are made on topography, vegetation, and soil conditions observed at each landfall. Chamisso Island is described in some detail, with particular attention to ground ice. A hydrothermal section made across Bering Strait showed water warmest on Alaskan side, cooling gradually to Siberian side. Comments are made on currents. Dall9s observations On a 9fossil glacier9 of Yakutal Bay, made during the Yukon9s voyage were reported in the same journal Oct. 1880, v. 120, p. 335; and Prof. N. H. Winchell9s discussion of Dall9s reports, ibid. May 1881, v. 121, p. 358-60.
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