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Photo # NH 52002:  Jeannette's crewmen dragging their boats over the ice, June-August 1881

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1880s --

Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881 --
Jeannette's Men Cross the Ice and Sea, June - September 1881


This page features all the views we have related to the third stage of the Jeannette Expedition, after the ship sank and her crew struggled across the Arctic ice and sea en route to Siberia.

For a textual overview and selected images concerning the entire Jeannette Expedition, and links to comprehensive coverage of our pictorial holdings on its other aspects, see:

  • Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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.

    Online Image: 338KB; 955 x 1225 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 43KB; 740 x 430 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 175KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 365 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 172KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 380 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 205 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 350 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 43KB; 740 x 305 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 350 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 152KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     

    For a textual overview and selected images concerning the entire Jeannette Expedition, and links to comprehensive coverage of our pictorial holdings on its other aspects, see:

  • Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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