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William C. Steere,Bryologist

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William C. Steere's 1949 Alaska Itinerary

In 1949, William C. Steere participated in an expedition to Alaska to study of the role of vegetation in geomorphic processes, including those related to the development of permafrost and seasonal frost action. Eight different field parties were sent to sites across Alaska from the St. Elias Range to St. Lawrence Island. The bryological results of this expedition were never specifically reported in a publication by Steere. The purpose of this page is to provide information on Steere's bryophyte collecting sites for this little-known expedition.

To obtain a list of the bryophytes collected at one of these sites, visit the American Bryophyte Catalog, and enter the relevant search parameters :

 Province/State = 'Alaska'

collector = 'W. C. Steere'

 specific locality = the name of one of the sites listed in the itinerary.

Undergraduate interns funded by an REU supplement to an  NSF grant prepared the rough draft of the itinerary from the specimen database; supplementary information from Steere's field books were added by Kevin E. Indoe, who was responsible for the map application and the final form of the itinerary. The help of Susan Fraser, NYBG Library Archivist, is gratefully acknowledged.


25 June 1949

  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley

26 June 1949

  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley
  • Little Susitna River and headwaters, vicinity of Snowbird and Independence Mines, near Fishhook, Talkeetna Mountains, N of Matanuska River
  • Along road between Wasilla & Goose Bay, W-side of Knik Arm, lowermost Matanuska River Valley

27 June 1949 -

  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley

28 June 1949

  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley

29 June 1949
  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley
  • Along Anchorage-Fairbanks Highway (Mile 45)
  • Eklutna Lake, about 40 miles NE of Anchorage

30 June 1949

  • High terraces above Buffalo Mine, Valley of Moose Creek, Matanuska Valley
  • Palmer and vicinity, Matanuska River Valley

01 July 1949

  • Glacier Point, at foot of Matanuska Glacier
  • Mile 104, along Anchorage-Fairbanks Hwy., Matanuska Valley

02 July 1949

  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley

03 July 1949

  • Vicinity of Willow, station of Alaska Railroad, Susitna Valley

04 July 1949

  • No collections

05 July 1949

  • Palmer, Matanuska River Valley and cut along Alaska Railroad, Above Matanuska River
  • Mouth of Kings River, at junction with Matanuska River, at Mile 67, Glenn Hwy. (Anchorage-Fairbanks)

06 July 1949

  • S-slope of Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula

07 July 1949

  • Vicinity of Fairbanks, Tanana River
  • Fairbanks Cemetery

08 July 1949

  • Dunbar Station and vicinity, about 35.0 miles W of Fairbanks on Alaska Hwy

09 July 1949

  • Summit of Ester Dome (from fieldbook)

10 July 1949

  • Vicinity of airport at Tanana, Yukon River
  • Galena, Yukon River
  • Nome and vicinity

11 July 1949

  • Nome and vicinity, Seward Peninsula (slopes and summit of Anvil Peak)

12 July 1949

  • Slopes and summit of Cape Nome, granitic headland 14 miles SE of Nome, Seward Peninsula

13 July 1949

  • Nome and vicinity, Seward Peninsula

14 July 1949

  • Nome and vicinity, Seward Peninsula

15 July 1949

  • Divide between Jensen's Camp, divide between Snake and Stewart Rivers, N of Nome, Seward Peninsula
  • Along Stewart River, near junction with Sinuk River, S-slope of Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula

16 July 1949

  • Along Sinuk River near Glacial Lake, S-slope of Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula

17 July 1949

  • Shore of Glacial Lake, S-slope of Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula

18 July 1949

  • Glacial Lake (field book)

19 July 1949
  • No information available

20 July 1949
  • Took a boat to St. Lawrence Island (field book)

21 July 1949
  • Gambell (field book)

22 July 1949
  • Slopes of Mt. Sevoukok, near Gambell, northwesternmost St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea

23 July 1949
  • Lagoon of Tomname
  • Isaac's Camp
  • Tomname Mt. behind camp

24 July 1949
  • Near Tomname Cape and a small lake

25 July 1949
  • Vicinity of Isaac's Camp and Mt. Tomname, Tomname Lagoon and Cape, N-shore of St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea (about 10.0 miles W of "Lietnik" of many maps)

26 July 1949
  • Vicinity of Isaac's Camp and Mt. Tomname, Tomname Lagoon and Cape, N-shore of St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea (about 10.0 miles W of "Lietnik" of many maps)

27 July 1949
  • No information available

28 July 1949
  • Vicinity of Jacob's Camp, Ongoveyuk Lagoon (midway between Cape Kukulaik and Lietnik of most maps), N-shore of St. Lawrence Island

29 July 1949
  • Flew to Lester's Camp (field book)
  • Gambell (field book)

30 July 1949
  • Gambell (field book)
  • Headed to Nome (field book)

31 July 1949
  • Nome (field book)

01 August 1949
  • Nome (field book)
  • Anchorage (field book)
  • Palmer (field book)

02 August 1949
  • Palmer

03 August 1949
  • Palmer (field book)

04 August 1949
  • Kenai, vicinity of airstrip, E-shore of Cook Inlet

05 August 1949
  • Palmer (field book)
  • Anchorage (field book)
  • tried to go up Turnagain Inlet, but due to bad weather returned to Anchorage (field book)

06 August 1949
  • South and east of Yakutat, Yakutat Bay, Gulf of Alaska

07 August 1949
  • South and east of Yakutat, Yakutat Bay, Gulf of Alaska

08 August 1949
  • Yakutat (field book)

09 August 1949
  • Yakutat (field book)
  • Nunatak, Malaspina Glacier (field book)

10 August 1949
  • Nunatak, Malaspina Glacier (field book)

11 August 1949
  • On "Duck Pond" nunatak, about 2.0 miles from nunatak with permanent camp of "Snow Cornice" Project of Arctic Institute of North America, Seward Glacier, near Mt. Vancouver, St. Elias

12 August 1949
  • Yakutat and vicinity (field book)

13 August 1949
  • Yakutat (field book)

14 August 1949
  • Yakutat (field book)
  • Anchorage (field book)
  • Palmer (field book)

15 August 1949
  • Palmer (field book)

16 August 1949
  • Palmer (field book)
  • Anchorage (field book)

17 August 1949
  • McGarth and vicinity, Kuskokwim River

18 August 1949
  • McGrath and vicinity, Kuskokwim River

19 August 1949
  • McGrath and vicinity, Kuskokwim River

20 August 1949
  • McGrath (field book)
  • Flat (field book)

21 August 1949
  • McGrath (field book)
  • Aniak (field book)

22 August 1949
  • Aniak (field book)
  • Bethel (field book)
  • Platinum(?) (field book)
  • Dillingham (field book)
  • Naknek (field book)

23 August 1949
  • Port Heiden, near airport, N-side of Alaska Peninsula
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