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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