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Photo # NH 92111: Engraved portrait of William Dunbar

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William Dunbar (18??-1881)

William Dunbar was employed as ice pilot on the 1879-1881 Jeannette Arctic expedition. After their ship sank in June 1881, Dunbar and his fellow explorers made a long, difficult trek over the ice, finally reaching open water in early September, when they set sail for the Siberian northern coast. On 12 September a storm engulfed the three boats. One of them, containing expedition second-in-command Charles W. Chipp, William Dunbar and six other men, was separated from the small flotilla. No trace of it was ever found, and those on board presumably died at sea soon thereafter.

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Photo #: NH 92111

William Dunbar


Vignette engraving copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume I, page 72, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
Mr. Dunbar served as ice pilot during the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition of 1879-1881.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 149KB; 635 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 52007

USS Jeannette
(1879-1881)

Composite photograph of the ship, and the officers of her Arctic expedition. Those shown are (clockwise from top center):
Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, Commanding Officer;
Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Ambler, USN;
Chief Engineer George W. Melville, USN;
Raymond Lee Newcomb, Naturalist and Astronomer;
William Dunbar, Pilot;
Jerome J. Collins, Correspondent for the "New York Herald";
Lieutenant John W. Danenhower, USN, Second Officer; and
Lieutenant Charles W. Chipp, USN, Executive Officer.

Donation of Captain T.S. Wilkinson, USN, 1934.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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