The First Landing on Wrangel Island - With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants by Irving C. (Irving Collins) Rosse
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Bering sea between King's island and Cape Prince
of Wales, July 12 44 3/4 Entrance to Kotzebue sound, July 13 47 3/4 Cape Thompson, Arctic ocean, July 17 36 3/4 Icy cape, July 24 36 3/4 Herald island, in the ice, July 30 31 3/8 Cape Wankarem, Siberia, August 5 33 3/4 Wrangel island (surface, in ice), August 12 31 1/2 Wrangel island (below surface 6 feet), August 12 31 5/8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The following table, showing the dip of the magnetic needle, was prepared from observations made by Lieut. O.D. Myrick: ---------------------+------------+------------+----------- | LATITUDE, | LONGITUDE, | | North. | West. | DIP. LOCALITY. | Deg. Min. | Deg. Min. | Deg. Min. ---------------------+------------+------------+----------- ALASKA-- | | | Ounalaska | 53 56 | 166 13 | 66 53.5 St. Michael's | 63 27 | 161 37 | 75 00.6 |
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