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olivergrant's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
candicet114's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Met a kid and spent 8hrs kayaking Alaskan inlets with him. This was his recommendation.
hank's review against another edition
4.0
I am not sure where I found this book, besides the title I went into this blind not knowing much about George Steller except that there are a ton of animals named after him. I also knew nothing about Corey Ford and to be honest still don't know much about him, the wikipedia page was sparse.
The story is typical of 1700's expeditions, extreme hardship usually resulting in death, years and years of planning and slogging just for a very short expedition. I get why the naturalists, officers, etc want to do these trips but for the life of me I can't understand any of the sailors.
Incompetance, politics, weather plagued this journey yet George Steller was supremely focused in what he wanted and managed one of the most amazing classifications of animals and plants of all time. The story is hard to believe but captivating.
It was just a bit dry and I had to skim the fur rush parts otherwise, great book. I think I would only recommend this to armchair captains or history buffs or someone like me who realliy wanted to know who Steller was.
The story is typical of 1700's expeditions, extreme hardship usually resulting in death, years and years of planning and slogging just for a very short expedition. I get why the naturalists, officers, etc want to do these trips but for the life of me I can't understand any of the sailors.
Incompetance, politics, weather plagued this journey yet George Steller was supremely focused in what he wanted and managed one of the most amazing classifications of animals and plants of all time. The story is hard to believe but captivating.
It was just a bit dry and I had to skim the fur rush parts otherwise, great book. I think I would only recommend this to armchair captains or history buffs or someone like me who realliy wanted to know who Steller was.
akooda7's review against another edition
4.0
Captures the adventure and struggles of a voyage from Russia to Alaska with a focus on the naturalist Stellar.
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