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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