Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.
Contents
Crossing Siberia : Vitus Bering signs on with Russia -- Never on land had so many gone so far -- Into the icy sea -- Dream of empire -- Set up to fail -- Letters home : Anna Bering in command -- Voyage to America : Steller Signs On with Bering -- Kamchatka to North America -- First landing : Kayak Island -- Scurvy -- Native Americans -- Cruel Waves -- Shipwreck and Survival : Decision to land : Bering Island -- Death camp -- Bering's death -- How Bering's Men Got Off the Island.
