Along Alaska's Great River / A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska
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The narrative recounts an expedition that travels from the Alaskan coast across a glacier-clad mountain pass with local packers to the headwaters of the Yukon, where the party builds a large raft and descends the river through lakes, rapids, canyons, and lowlands to the sea, later returning by way of the Bering Sea and the Aleutians. The account records geography, climate, wildlife, and Indigenous communities, offers practical notes on rafting and river travel, and includes a chapter detailing routes to and conditions in the Klondike gold region, supplemented by numerous sketches and observations of local industries and natural features.
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