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NH 52002 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881

Photo #: NH 52002 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
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Title: Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Description: Dragging the Boats over the Ice Engraving by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns, copied from The Voyage of the Jeannette ..., Volume II, page 629, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. It depicts the crew of USS Jeannette hauling the ship's boats over the very rough Arctic ice north of Siberia in June-August 1881. Jeannette had been crushed in the ice and sunk on 12-13 June. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 52002
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