Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Map of Akif′ëv’s passage between North America and Russia vi
4. Chronology of Akif′ëv’s Diary (Old Style/New Style Dates) vii
5. Dramatis Personae ix
6. Guide to Measurements xi
7. Note on the Translation xiii
8. Introduction 1
9. 1. From Petersburg to New York 14
10. 2. In America 24
11. 3. In the Great Ocean 38
12. 4. On the Chukotk a Peninsula Coast 53
13. 5. Alaska 75
14. 6. Along the Chukotk a Peninsula Coast 83
15. 7. Our Ar rest in Nome 106
16. 8. Release from Captivity 116
17. 9. Sakhalin 130
18. 10. From Sakhalin to Vladivostok 155
19. 11. Japan 160
20. Afterword 172
21. Acknowledgments 177
22. Selected Bibliography 179