Abstract
MANY accounts of Alaska and of the wonderful seal-rookeries to be met with on some of the islands in its Arctic seas have been published, but none which have given in so interesting and succinct a manner the history of these far-off northern solitudes as the present volume. The author's personal knowledge of these regions, and his intimate acquaintance with the very numerous writings of others on the subject, have enabled him to write a volume that will long remain a standard one; while the illustrations from his own pencil are full of life and vigour, and add immensely to the value of the work.
An Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands.
By Henry W. Elliott. Illustrated by many Drawings from Nature, and Maps. (London: Sampson Low and Co. 1886.)
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An Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands . Nature 35, 243–244 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035243a0
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