Visit to the Commander Islands, USSR, July 1961
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The folder includes 2 reports covering a visit to islands off the coast of the USSR [Soviet Union]. One is entitled a visit to the Commander Islands [Komandorskije ostrova], USSR (now Russia), July 1961. The report was given to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and the Regional Office in Juneau, Alaska. The report, written by Karl W. Kenyon, covers an itinerary, summary of activities per date ranges, wildlife information for sea otters, fur seal, Steller Sea Lion, other marine mammals, and birds. These are organized by observations and verbal information (oral history from local residents). It discusses locations visited, terrain, and dates seen. Locations include rookeries in Cape Yushina [Mys Yushina], on Bering Island and Medny Island. Includes copies of maps and photographs attached to the report. Pictures have extensive descriptions and subject matter includes field stations, staff, local inhabitants, local wildlife.|The second report by Ford Wilke, Alton Y. Roppel, and Karl Niggol of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory in Seattle) is entitled observations in the Medny and Bering Islands, Kamchatka, USSR. It includes a table of contents and organizes descriptions by locations, type of wildlife, and vegetation. Covers birds and mammals. It covers nearly all aspects: staffing, daily events, descriptions of terrain, rookeries etc.
Date Range
1961
Start Date
Jun 30, 1961
End Date
Jun 30, 1961
Access Information
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Topic
Mammalogy
Place
- Mys Yushina
- Komandorskije ostrova
- Soviet Union
- Russia
Form/Genre
- Fieldbook record
- Field notes
- Reports
Accession #
SIA RU007407
Collection name
United States Fish and Wildlife Service Bird and Mammal Laboratories, Records, 1945-1970
Physical Description
3 reports
Physical Location
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation
Box 1 Folder 3