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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92115
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Chart of USS Jeannette's position in the ice pack, north
of Siberia, on 24 January 1880.
Engraving, after a sketch by the expedition naturalist, Raymond
L. Newcomb, copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...",
Volume I, page 228, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92117
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
"Watching for Seals" during the winter of 1879-1880,
while Jeannette was icebound north of Siberia.
Vignette engraving copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette
...", Volume I, page 268, edited by Emma DeLong, published
in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92120
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Expedition members "Returning from a Bear Hunt", while
USS Jeannette was icebound north of Siberia, 1880.
Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns,
copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
I, page 363, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92116
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Some of the expedition's dogs, among them "Plug Ugly",
"Foxie", "Bone" and "Kas-mat-ka",
from a sketch made by Jeannette's naturalist, Raymond
L. Newcomb.
Woodcut copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...",
Volume I, page 255, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92119
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
"A Fight Among the Dogs", while USS Jeannette
lay icebound north of Siberia, circa early 1880. Expedition members
remarked that fighting seemed to be the dogs' favorite recreation.
Engraving by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns, copied
from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume I, page
341, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92118
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch by Chief Engineer George Melville, showing how USS Jeannette's
ceiling timber was crushed against a reinforcing truss by the
pressure of the Arctic ice, during the winter of 1879-1880. The
damage was discovered in the port coal bunker on 4 March 1880
and was about 3/4 inch deep. The wood was Oregon pine.
Engraving copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...",
Volume I, page 275, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92121
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch by Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, the expedition
commander, showing how summer ice was cut away to permit examination
of USS Jeannette's propeller, while she was frozen in
the ice north of Siberia, 25 August 1880.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
I, page 429, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92124
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch of the method used for sawing ice under the Jeannette,
in an effort to free her from an icebound state north of Siberia,
1 September 1880.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 442, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92127
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Engraving after a sketch by George W. Melville, depicting "Jeannette
Island", discovered by USS Jeannette as she drifted
icebound north of Siberia in May 1881. Position was about 159E,
76 40'N.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 550, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92128
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Facsimile of a sketch made by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong
on 25 May 1881, depicting "Henrietta Island", discovered
by USS Jeannette as she drifted icebound north of Siberia.
Position was about 157E, 77N.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 551, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92129
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch map depicting USS Jeannette drifting with the ice
near Jeannette and Henrietta Islands, north of Siberia, in May-June
1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 565, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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