Photo #: NH 92136
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns,
depicting the USS Jeannette party "Landing on Bennett
Island", north of Siberia, on 29 July 1881, after a difficult
pull over water and broken ice.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 677, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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