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Steller, Georg Wilhelm
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Steller, Georg Wilhelm 

(also G. W. Stoeller). Born Mar. 10 (21), 1709, in Windsheim, Franconia, in what is now the Federal Republic of Germany; died Nov. 12 (23), 1746, in Tiu-men’. Explorer and naturalist. Corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1737).

Steller took part in the Second Kamchatka Expedition. During the years 1740–41 and 1742–43 he conducted research in Kamchatka. In 1741 he took part in V. Bering’s voyage to North America and spent the winter of 1741–42 on Bering Island of the Komandorskie Islands. It is here that he wrote the first description of the island, as well as the work On Marine Animals (published 1753), which contains the first description of the animal known as Steller’s sea cow. Steller’s other works are A Voyage From Kamchatka to America With Commodore Bering (1793) and A Description of the Land of Kamchatka (1774).

WORKS

Iz Kamchatki v Ameriku. Leningrad, 1928.

REFERENCE

Berg, L. S. Otkrytie Kamchatki i ekspeditsii Beringa. Moscow-Leningrad, 1946.
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JS This is a detailed and lavishly illustrated biography of Georg Wilhelm Steller (1707-1746), Alaska's first naturalist.
Arnold, Ann. Sea cows, shamans, and scurvy; Alaska's first ... by Julian, Janet / Kliatt
Georg Steller predated Lewis and Clark and John Muir and made some amazing discoveries--so it's surprising to note this provides some of rare insights on the man and his legacy--including the only scientific account of the Steller's sea cow before it became extinct.
Steller's Island by California Bookwatch
Abstract--The diet of Steller sea lions (Eumetopiasjubatus) was determined from 1494 scats (feces) collected at breeding (rookeries) and nonbreeding (haulout) sites in Southeast Alaska from 1993 to 1999.
Diets of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Southeast Alaska, ... by Trites, Andrew W.; Calkins, Donald G.; Winship, Arliss J. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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