Georg Wilhelm Steller
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Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German-born naturalist and explorer who contributed to the fields of biology, zoology, and ethnography. He participated in the Great Northern Expedition and his observation
Steller's Arch on Bering Island
A 2009 memorial to Steller in a riverside park in Tyumen, Siberia, where he had died of fever at age 37.
A statue in Bad Windsheim commemorating Georg Wilhelm Steller
Haliaeetus pelagicus San Diego Zoo aviary 8d
Steller's sea cow
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Steller's sea cow is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. At that time, it was found only around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia; its range
Georg Wilhelm Steller
…species, as he documented numerous plants and animals, many of which were previously unknown to Western science. Notable among his discoveries was the Steller's sea cow and Steller's sea eagle. His exploration of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Commander Islands significantly expanded scientific knowledge about the…
Hydrodamalis gigas skeleton Finnish Museum of Natural History DSC04529
The skull of a Steller's sea cow, Natural History Museum of London
Model in the Natural History Museum, London
Metacarpal bone of H. cf. gigas from Japan under study