. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. 2 3 t OFFICERS COMPOSING OVERLAND EXPEDITION. 1. 1st Lieut D. H. Jarvis, comdg. 2. 2d Lieut. E. P. Bertholf. 3. Surgeon S. J. < DO I z UJ-J< CRUISE OF TBE U. S. REVENUE CUTTER BEAR. 29 belonging to the Belvedere are being eared for here because of thegreat difficulty in getting provisions to the , yours, D. H. Jarvis,First Lieutenant, R. C. S.,Commanding Overland Relief Expedition. Ca
. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. 2 3 t OFFICERS COMPOSING OVERLAND EXPEDITION. 1. 1st Lieut D. H. Jarvis, comdg. 2. 2d Lieut. E. P. Bertholf. 3. Surgeon S. J. < DO I z UJ-J< CRUISE OF TBE U. S. REVENUE CUTTER BEAR. 29 belonging to the Belvedere are being eared for here because of thegreat difficulty in getting provisions to the , yours, D. H. Jarvis,First Lieutenant, R. C. S.,Commanding Overland Relief Expedition. Capt, F. Tuttle, R. C. S., Commanding U. S. Revenue Cutter Bear. IT. S. Revenue Steamer Bear, September 1, 189S. Sir: The overland relief expedition, together with its provisionsand outfits, was landed about 3 miles from the village of Tununak,near Cape Vancouver, Nelson Island. The beach at that place, at thebase of a range of mountains, was narrow and strewn with a greatnumber of rocks and bowlders, and as the snow was quite deep andsoft it would have been difficult to pack our outfit over this roadto the village. The shore was free from ice, however, and a half-bieed Russian trader, with several natives, having come from the vil-lage in their kyaks to meet us, I engaged them to transport the outfitto th
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