'Piracy' in this region began in the early 1700s - a quarter-millenium ago. 'Twas easier then though. Here's another long, well-illustrated, little-known tale

'Piracy' in this region began in the early 1700s - a quarter-millenium ago. 'Twas easier then though. Here's another long, well-illustrated, little-known tale of exploration of the islands off N. Siberia. Fossil tusks were often found in huge quantities ... some islands covered in them. https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/alaskan-muck-ivory-islands-in-the-arctic/ https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/alaskan-muck-ivor... "One of the most active and successful of the fur-hunters of that time was named Liakoff, and he from time to time obtained great quantities not only of valuable furs, but also of fossil ivory from the tusks and teeth of the mammoths, which he himself collected or received from the native Siberians.... Every year great quantities of ivorv were taken from the islands and sold in the markets at Yakutsk.