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Nathalie Fairbank's journey down the Yukon River in 1905

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Helen de Freitas
Helen de Freitas
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Abstract

In 1905 Nathalie Fairbank left Seattle on a journey by sea, train and river across Yukon Territory and Alaska, accompanying Brigadier A. W. Greely and his daughter on a tour of inspection of US Army Signal Corps telegraph posts along the Yukon River. This article is her account of the journey, with contemporary illustrations.

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Articles
Information
Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 151 , October 1988 , pp. 299 - 306
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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