Sonntagskind: a Sunday's child, 1709-1734
Russia's great explorations: the first and second Kamchatka expeditions, 1725-1730 and 1731-1743
On to Russia: Stoller becomes Steller, St. Petersburg, 1734
Steller's journey begins, Siberia 1738-1739
Barguzinian Mountains, 1739-1740
Provisioning the expedition, March 1733-June 1734
Captain Martin Spangberg: Okhotsk, the Kuril Islands, and Japan, 1734-1741
Volcanic wilderness of Kamchatka, 1740-1741
Avacha Bay: Steller signs on the St. Peter, 1741
They set sail for America, June 1741
Return voyage: kayaks and death, July-September 1741
Devastating voyage: scurvy and williwaws, September-November 1741
Kamchatka or a Barren Island, November-December 1741
Bering Island, December 1741-May 1742
Sea eagles and sea cows: the natural history of Bering Island, May-August 1742
Safe return to Kamchatka, August 1742-July 1744
Steller on trial, August 1744-November 1746.
