Photo #: NH 92140
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Chart depicting the course followed by the USS Jeannette's
crew from 12 June 1881, when they abandoned the ship in the ice
north of Siberia, to 19 September 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 744, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92131
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Plan of the camp set up on the ice after USS Jeannette
sank, circa 13 June 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 582, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52002
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
"Dragging the Boats over the Ice"
Engraving by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns, copied
from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II,
page 629, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. It depicts
the crew of USS Jeannette hauling the ship's boats over
the very rough Arctic ice north of Siberia in June-August 1881.
Jeannette had been crushed in the ice and sunk on 12-13
June.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92133
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Vignette engraving depicting members of USS Jeannette's
party as they traveled over ice hummocks north of Siberia, within
sight of "Bennett Island", circa 19 July 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 656, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92136
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns,
depicting the USS Jeannette party "Landing on Bennett
Island", north of Siberia, on 29 July 1881, after a difficult
pull over water and broken ice.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 677, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92132
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Engraving of a sketch depicting "Bennett Island" as
seen in the distance by the USS Jeannette's party as they
traveled over the ice north of Siberia, 19 July 1881. Position
was about 149E, 76 40'N.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 650, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92134
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Vignette engraving depicting "Bennett Island", discovered
by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong and the Jeannette
party north of Siberia in July 1881. Position about 149E; 76
40'N
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 665, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92135
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch plan depicting the "Situation relative to Bennett
Island", north of Siberia, on about 26 July 1881, as the
USS Jeannette party attempted to reach the island over
the broken ice.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 669, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92138
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong, showing "What
I thought I was doing" and "What I was doing"
as USS Jeannette's party approached Kotelnoi Island, north
of Siberia, on 4 September 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 735, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92139
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch of a hut on Kotelnoi Island, north of Siberia, discovered
by members of USS Jeannette's crew during their travels
by boat toward the Lena River Delta, circa 4-5 September 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 739, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92137
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch of USS Jeannette boats, which the ship's crew dragged
over the ice after she sank north of Siberia in June 1881, and
floated where open water was encountered. The three boats were
commanded by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong, Lieutenant Charles
W. Chipp and Chief Engineer George W. Melville.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 693, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92141
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns,
depicting USS Jeannette's boats separating in a gale northeast
of the Lena River Delta, Siberia, on 12 September 1881. The boat
commanded by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong (depicted in
the foreground) landed at the northern end of the Delta. That
commanded by Chief Engineer George W. Melville (background, right)
landed on the Delta's eastern side. The boat commanded by Lieutenant
Charles W. Chipp (background, left) was not heard of again.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 751, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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