We sighted Cape Lisburne on the afternoon of August 31 [in 1881], and soon after it came on to blow so heavity that the vessel was hove to, and in that position rode out the gale.

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Waterman Rock (wa100.dnr.wa.gov) A giant hides in the forest of Whidbey Island’s Saratoga Woods Park. It has lived there, undisturbed, for thousands of years. The giant is a rock so huge that it could not possibly have been brought there by humans. It is a glacial erratic, dropped on Whidbey Island when the great continental ice sheets of the last ice age melted and retreated. The erratic measures 38 feet high with a circumference of 155 feet, enough to equal a pile of over 100 cars! Waterman Rock was long thought to be the largest erratic in Washington, but was demoted to second place after the Lake Stevens erratic near Everett (34 feet high and 210 feet circumference) was found to be larger. It is hard to appreciate the size of this massive rock from photographs. You will need to visit the park yourself to marvel at this geologic wonder!

Report of the International polar expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, in response to the resolution of the [U.S.] House of representatives of December 11, 1884 (archive.org) The Secretary of War has the honor to transmit to the House of Representatives the report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, together with the letter of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, of this date, submitting the report to this Department, the same being furnished in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884, as follows : “Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to transmit to the House of Representatives, if not inconsistent with the public service, the report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, by Lieut. P. H. Ray, U. S. Army, for the years 1881, 1882, and 1883.” ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Secretary of War.