Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of the Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of AlaskaAuthor Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who served on the 1741 42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering. Steller was one of Europe's foremost naturalists and the first to document the unique wildlife of the Alaskan coast. In the course of the voyage, Steller made his valuable discoveries and suffered, along with Bering and the crew of the ill fated ship St. Peter, some of the most