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Dates are in the format YYYYMMDD. Links to log book pages are shown in blue. Completed sections are shown in bold.
Journey section/Users (3) | Date from | Date to | General Position | Comments |
A: PeterA (Strm A); Dragon Princess (Strm B); arboggs (Strm C) | 18970309 | 18970601 | Bering Sea, Diomedes Islands | Leaving San Francisco and heading up north via Ounalaska |
B: PeterA (Strm A); (Stream B available - ? RSilva); arboggs (Strm C) | 18970602 | 18970812 | Herschel Island | A handful of other Steam Whalers in company |
C: ?kemcreynolds (Strm A); (Stream B available); ; arboggs (Strm C) | 18970813 | 18971006 | To and fro between Herschel Island and Point Barrow | Ice bound in the Sea Horse Islands, the Orca and Freeman lost and transferred to Belvedere and Cape Smyth |
D: (Streams A & B available); arboggs (Strm C) | 18971007 | 18971214 | Log pages 68 & 69 accidentally missed & therefore blank | Preparing the ship to endure the winter, seeking help from the Villages at Cape Smyth and Belcher. Inuit assitance helps survival. |
E: (Streams A & B available); arboggs (Strm C) | 18971215 | 18980307 | New handwriting for a few weeks during early 1898 | Inuit assitance helps survival. Many trips to and fro hunting, and visiting C. Smyth & C. Belcher |
F: (Streams A & B available); arboggs (Strm C) | 18980308 | 18980626 | 26th March 1898: The Overland Expedition for the Relief of the Whalers arrives from the Bear | Inuit assitance helps survival. The Bear provides 400 reindeer |
G: (Streams A & B available); arboggs (Strm C) | 18980627 | 18980921 | Breaks free in early September | Recommences whaling once free, trouble free return to San Francisco |
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