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Photo # NH 92145: Page from LCdr. George De Long's journal, describing the deaths of George W. Boyd, Adolf Dressler, Carl Gortz and Nelse Iverson, 28-30 October 1881

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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.

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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.

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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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