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Photo #: NH 92114

Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881


Chart of positions taken by USS Jeannette while she was drifting icebound near Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, from 5 September 1879 -- to 20 March 1880. The top of the illustration shows an elevation of the island as seen on 28 October 1879.
Engraving, after a drawing by the expedition commander, Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume I, page 161, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

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3 July 2003