. Handbook of polar discoveries. rd with theflood, and southeastward with the ebb tide was demon-strated by the observations. The contributions of the international polar stationsmaintained at Point Barrow, 1881-83, are set forth inChapter XVI. They comprise the discovery of MeadeRiver, ethnographic studies, and other scientific investiga-tions, and practically close the exploration of this region. Rich gold deposits have lately drawn thousands of mento the lands east of Bering Strait. Cities and towns thereexist with all modern improvements; two railways are inoperation; and by cable, wireles
. Handbook of polar discoveries. rd with theflood, and southeastward with the ebb tide was demon-strated by the observations. The contributions of the international polar stationsmaintained at Point Barrow, 1881-83, are set forth inChapter XVI. They comprise the discovery of MeadeRiver, ethnographic studies, and other scientific investiga-tions, and practically close the exploration of this region. Rich gold deposits have lately drawn thousands of mento the lands east of Bering Strait. Cities and towns thereexist with all modern improvements; two railways are inoperation; and by cable, wireless telegraphy and tele-phony the news of the world now daily reaches the shoresof Kotzebue Sound. Kotzebue: Voyage of Discovery, 1815-18,3 v. (Lon-don 1821) ; BeechEV: Voyage to Bering Strait, 2 v.(Ix>ndon 1831) ; Seemann : Voyage of the Herald, 2 v.(London 1853); Hooper: Tetits of the Tuski {[.ondon1853); Lauridsen : Life of Vihis Bering (Chicago1890) ; SiMreoN, Maguire, and Moore: see Arctic BlueBooks, Chapter XVIII. No. W^ H ,llllF|:lll^nl»-^A.,,^M_^^^\?~SI v\^S\ •• -??^
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