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Photo # NH 52006: Chief Engineer George W. Melville with other Jeannette expedition survivors, 1882

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Rear Admiral George W. Melville (1841-1912) --
During the Jeannette Arctic Expediton, 1879-1882


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  • Rear Admiral George W. Melville, USN (1841-1912).


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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 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.

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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.

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    Photo #: NH 52006

    Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881


    Engraving of the expedition's survivors, based on a photograph taken at Yakutsk, Siberia, in 1882. Those present are
    (left to right, in front): Lauderback, Bartlett, William Coles, Seaman William F.C. Nindemann, and Mansen.
    (left to right, in middle): Chief Engineer George W. Melville and Lieutenant John W. Danenhower.
    (left to right, in back): Raymond Lee Newcomb (naturalist), Seaman Louis P. Noros, Henry Wilson, Tong Sing (cook), Anequin and H.W. Leach.

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    Photo #: NH 92150

    Lena River Delta, Siberia


    Map based on reports of Chief Engineer George Melville, USN, who travelled extensively in the area while searching for other survivors of the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, during October-November 1881 and early 1882. The campsite where the expedition's leader, Lieutenant Commander George DeLong, and his men perished of starvation is near the center of the map.
    Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 825, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

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    Photo #: NH 92151

    "Melville's Depot of Supplies and Station at Mat Vai, during Spring Search"


    Engraved view of Chief Engineer George Melville's depot in the Lena Delta, Siberia, used during his March 1881 search for Jeannette expedition leader Lieutenant Commander George DeLong and his party. Stolbovoi is the feature in the left distance. "Monument Hill", where the remains of DeLong and his men were buried, is in the right distance.
    Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 849, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 92149-A

    "Siberian Exile Huts"


    Vignette engraving of huts encountered by Chief Engineer George Melville and his party when they landed on the Lena Delta, Siberia, in September 1881. These men were survivors of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition.
    Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 836, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

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    Photo #: NH 92153

    "Finding the Bodies of Captain De Long and his Companions."


    Chief Engineer George Melville discovers the bodies of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong, Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Ambler and Seaman Ah Sam, in the Lena River Delta, Siberia, on 23 March 1882. The three men had died in October or early November 1881.
    Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by Captain Gronbeck, copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 857, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 92155

    "A Vessel Designed for Arctic Exploration"


    Sheer, half-breadth and body plans of an exploration steamer designed by Chief Engineer George Melville, USN, during the Jeannette expedition, 1880-1881.
    Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 885, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 92156

    "A Vessel Designed for Arctic Exploration"


    Inboard profile, hull section and deck plans of an exploration steamer designed by Chief Engineer George Melville, USN, during the Jeannette expedition, 1880-1881.
    Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 885, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Note: See Photo #s NH 92155 & NH 92156 Supplemental Material for a description of the ship design presented above. Written by Chief Engineer George W. Melville, it is entitled "Memoranda of Design for Construction and Fitting of a Vessel for Arctic Exploration".


    For other images of George W. Melville, see:

  • Rear Admiral George W. Melville, USN (1841-1912).


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