Chapter XXII: Appendix: I

APPROXIMATE TABLE OF DISTANCES PARIS TO NEW YORK

EUROPE AND ASIA

E. M. Paris to Moscow (rail) 1,800 Moscow to Irkutsk (rail) 4,000 Irkutsk to Yakutsk (employed 720 horses) 2,000 Yakutsk to Verkhoyansk (employed 80 horses and 240 reindeer) 623 Verkhoyansk to Sredni-Kolymsk (employed 620 deer) 1,006 Sredni-Kolymsk to Nijni-Kolymsk (employed 8 horses, 27 reindeer, 50 dogs). 334 Nijni-Kolymsk to Bering Straits (started with 64 dogs, arrived at Bering Straits with 9) 1,500 ------ Total English miles: Europe and Asia 11,263

(Employing 808 horses, 887 reindeer, and 114 dogs.)

AMERICA

E. M. East Cape, Bering Straits to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska 60 Cape Prince of Wales to Nome City 140 Nome City to St. Michael's 120 St. Michael's to Dawson City 1,200 Dawson City to White Horse Rapids 450 White Horse Rapids to Skagway 110 Skagway to Seattle 1,041 Seattle to San Francisco 1,000 San Francisco to New York 3,110 ------ Total mileage: Paris to New York 18,494