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Frost, Orcutt William was born on June 3, 1926 in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States. Son of Orcutt William and Agnes Harriet Frost.
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Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) is a towering figure in the history of exploration. In the course of two expeditions that consumed most of his adult life - and eventually led to his death - he journeyed from St Petersburg to Siberia and ultimately to the northwest coast of America. Along with the members of his expedition (thousands participated in the second expedition), Bering greatly expanded the Russian empire, pioneered the geography of the North Pacific Ocean, and laid the groundwork for Russian trade and settlement in the American West. In this biography of Bering, Orcutt Frost chronicles the life of this extraordinary explorer. Drawing on a wide range of new evidence - including personal letters and archaeological evidence derived from the discovery of Bering's grave site - the author reconstructs Bering's personality, his perilous voyages and his uneasy relationship with the naturalist Georg Steller, who unobtrusively guided the stranded expedition as Bering lay dying.
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Frost, Orcutt William was born on June 3, 1926 in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States. Son of Orcutt William and Agnes Harriet Frost.
Bachelor co-salutatorian, University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1949. Master of Arts, University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1954.
Associate professor Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1954—1963. Professor English Alaska Methodist University, Anchorage, 1963—1976. Professor humanities Alaska Pacific University, 1977—1991, professor emeritus, 1991.
Academy dean Alaska Methodist University, Anchorage, 1963—1971, 1975—1976. Exchange professor Nagoya Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan, 1969—1970. Member board directors Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage, 1978—1984.
Director Bering-Chirikov Conference Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, 1991. Sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946, Philippines, Japan.
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Vice president Anchorage Native Welcome Center, Alaska, 1964—1966. President Council of Churches, Salem, Oregon, 1958—1960. Board directors Alaska Lung Association, Anchorage, 1975—1976.
Member of Society for the History of Discoveries, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Denison Bills, June 22, 1954. Children: Carol, William, Susan, Robert.