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Photo # NH 92153: 'Finding the bodies of Captain De Long and his Companions', among them Seaman Ah Sam, 23 March 1882

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Ah Sam, Seaman, USN

Ah Sam, who was born in China, was a cook and cabin steward on the 1879-1881 Jeannette Arctic expedition. In September 1881, following the ship's sinking and her crew's subsequent trek across the Arctic pack ice and stormy seas, he was one of the fourteen men who landed on the northern end of the Lena River Delta, Siberia. All but two of this party, weakened by exposure and lack of food, died during the following weeks. Ah Sam was one of the last three to succumb, at the end of October or the beginning of November 1882. His body was found with those of the expedition's commander, Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong and its surgeon, James M. Ambler.

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Photo #: NH 92153

"Finding the Bodies of Captain De Long and his Companions."


Chief Engineer George Melville discovers the bodies of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong, Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Ambler and Seaman Ah Sam, in the Lena River Delta, Siberia, on 23 March 1882. The three men had died in October or early November 1881.
Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by Captain Gronbeck, copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 857, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

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Photo #: NH 92152

"Plan of the Last Camp, Showing the Position in which the Bodies were Found."


Plan of the final camp of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong and his men from the Arctic exploration ship Jeannette, in the Lena River Delta, Siberia. All members of the party perished there in October-November 1881. Their bodies were found the following March.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 854, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

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