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George W. Boyd, Seaman, USN;
Adolf Dressler, Seaman, USN;
Carl Gortz, Seaman, USN; and
Nelse Iverson, Seaman, USN
George W. Boyd, Adolf Dressler, Carl Gortz and Nelse Iverson
were members of the 1879-1881 Jeannette
Arctic expedition. In September 1881, after their ship's loss
and her crew's subsequent journey across pack ice and Arctic seas,
they were among 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.
Iverson succumbed on 28 October 1881, followed by Dressler on
the 29th. Gortz and Boyd passed away during the night of 29-30
October. Their bodies were later found and, in early 1884, were
brought back to the United States for burial.
This page features all the views we have related to Jeannette
expedition crewmen George W. Boyd, Adolf Dressler, Carl Gortz
and Nelse Iverson.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 92145
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Facsimile of the last page of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong's
journal, covering 25-30 October 1881, as his party was dying
of starvation at the head of the Lena River Delta, Siberia. Numbered
days reflect the time since USS Jeannette was abandoned
in the ice north of Siberia.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 799, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 73KB; 560 x 765 pixels |
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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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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