zoologist William Emerson Ritter, biologist Trevor Kincaid, entomologist A. K. Fisher, ornithologist Charles Keeler, ornithologist Robert Ridgway, ornithologist William H. Averell Leon J. Cole, ornithologist Geologists and geographers W. B. Devereux, mining engineer Benjamin Emerson, geologist Henry Gannett, geographer Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist Charles Palache, geologist Artists and photographers Edward Curtis, photographer Frederick Dellenbaugh, artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes, bird artist R. Swain Gifford, artist D. G. Inverarity, photographer (Curtis’ assistant) Writers George Bird Grinnell, expert on Native American culture (Editor, Forest and Stream) John Burroughs, Author Harriman also brought a medical team, a chaplain, hunters and packers, guides, and taxidermists. He brought his own family and his servants. Together, with the crew of the Elder, the total number of people on the ship was 126. Voyage By the end of May, the ship's guests and passengers had all arrived in Seattle. Newspapers around the world ran front-page stories about the trip. The Elder left Seattle on 31 May 1899. Cheering crowds saw them off. Their first stop was the Victoria Museum on Vancouver Island. They then traveled farther north to Lowe Inlet, where they stopped to explore and document the wildlife. On 4 June, they stopped in Metlakatla, the European-style settlement that was created by Scottish missionary William Duncan for the Alaskan indigenous people. The scientists visited with Duncan in his home. In the next two weeks the Elder stopped at several spots on Alaskan soil, including Skagway and Sitka. They saw the results, both positive and negative, of the Klondike Gold Rush. They continued to catalog plants, animals, and marine creatures, as well as geological and glacial formations. Harriman had brought a graphophonic recording machine, and used it to record a native Tlingit song. By 25 June, they had reached Prince William Sound. They discovered an undocumented fjord in the northwest corner of the Sound. They named it "Harriman Fjiord." While the scientists had some control over where they stopped to explore, Harriman retained the final judgment. He was anxious to hunt a bear, and he decided to head toward Kodiak Island when he heard that there were bears there. On 7 July, they reached Popof Island in the Shumagin Islands. Four of the scientists, Ritter, Saunders, Palache, and Kincaid (accompanied by guide Luther Kelly), decided to camp on Popof Island while the rest of the scientists continued on to Siberia. This allowed them to make much more detailed