Photo #: NH 92131
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Plan of the camp set up on the ice after USS Jeannette
sank, circa 13 June 1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 582, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92137
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Sketch of USS Jeannette boats, which the ship's crew dragged
over the ice after she sank north of Siberia in June 1881, and
floated where open water was encountered. The three boats were
commanded by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong, Lieutenant Charles
W. Chipp and Chief Engineer George W. Melville.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 693, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92141
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Woodcut engraved by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns,
depicting USS Jeannette's boats separating in a gale northeast
of the Lena River Delta, Siberia, on 12 September 1881. The boat
commanded by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong (depicted in
the foreground) landed at the northern end of the Delta. That
commanded by Chief Engineer George W. Melville (background, right)
landed on the Delta's eastern side. The boat commanded by Lieutenant
Charles W. Chipp (background, left) was not heard of again.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 751, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52006
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Engraving of the expedition's survivors, based on a photograph
taken at Yakutsk, Siberia, in 1882. Those present are
(left to right, in front): Lauderback, Bartlett, William
Coles, Seaman William F.C. Nindemann, and Mansen.
(left to right, in middle): Chief Engineer George W. Melville
and Lieutenant John W. Danenhower.
(left to right, in back): Raymond Lee Newcomb (naturalist),
Seaman Louis P. Noros, Henry Wilson, Tong Sing (cook), Anequin
and H.W. Leach.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92150
Lena River Delta, Siberia
Map based on reports of Chief Engineer George Melville, USN,
who travelled extensively in the area while searching for other
survivors of the Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition,
during October-November 1881 and early 1882. The campsite where
the expedition's leader, Lieutenant Commander George DeLong,
and his men perished of starvation is near the center of the
map.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 825, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92151
"Melville's Depot of Supplies and Station at Mat Vai, during
Spring Search"
Engraved view of Chief Engineer George Melville's depot in the
Lena Delta, Siberia, used during his March 1881 search for Jeannette
expedition leader Lieutenant Commander George DeLong and his
party. Stolbovoi is the feature in the left distance. "Monument
Hill", where the remains of DeLong and his men were buried,
is in the right distance.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 849, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92149-A
"Siberian Exile Huts"
Vignette engraving of huts encountered by Chief Engineer George
Melville and his party when they landed on the Lena Delta, Siberia,
in September 1881. These men were survivors of the 1879-1881
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 836, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92155
"A Vessel Designed for Arctic Exploration"
Sheer, half-breadth and body plans of an exploration steamer
designed by Chief Engineer George Melville, USN, during the Jeannette
expedition, 1880-1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 885, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92156
"A Vessel Designed for Arctic Exploration"
Inboard profile, hull section and deck plans of an exploration
steamer designed by Chief Engineer George Melville, USN, during
the Jeannette expedition, 1880-1881.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 885, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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