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Arnold, Ann

Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy: Alaska's First Naturalist: Georg Wilhelm Steller

227 pp. | Farrar/Foster | November, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-39947-4 $21.00
(2) 4-6 In the 1740s, German scientist Georg Steller set out across Siberia to the Kamchatka Peninsula and into what is now Alaska. He identified numerous animals and plants and worked with the native people. Arnold draws mainly from Steller's journals for her account; her sketches throughout create a sense of a field diary. The book reveals much about early exploration and scientific study. Timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2009

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