The Bear and the Northland: Legendary Coast Guard Cutters in the Alaskan Ice

by Arthur G Sharp

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the U.S. Coast Guard served as the Alaskan 911. Known then as simply the Revenue Cutter Service, it was comprised of skilled navigators, judges and law enforcement specialists tasked with preventing the frontier from descending into anarchy, and securing its status as a "cash cow" for the mainland states.

This is the history of the early U.S. Coast Guard, with special focus on its former whalers-turned-cutters,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476692114
• ISBN13: 9781476692111
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up