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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92149
"Native Huts and Fish Houses, Lena Delta"
Vignette engraving of structures encountered by the survivors
of the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition when they
landed on the Lena Delta, Siberia, in September 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 826, 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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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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 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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52005
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Engraving some of the expedition's survivors, probably based
on a photograph taken at Yakutsk, Siberia, in 1882. Those present
are
(left to right, in front): H.W. Leach, Henry Wilson and
William Coles.
(left to right, in back): Tong Sing (cook), Lieutenant
John W. Danenhower and Raymond Lee Newcomb (Naturalist).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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