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Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska

by Hudson Stuck

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Between 1905 and 1910 Stuck made winter journeys to visit the missions and parishes in his district. He describes that immense circuit-- from Canada to Nome and from the Arctic Circle to the Kuskokwim-- and the natural phenomena and inhabitants he found there.

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Original publication date: 1914
Important places: USA; Alaska, USA

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Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 917.98 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in North America West Coast U.S. Alaska
LCC: F909 .S92 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history Alaska
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Published: 1914
Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 917.98
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