Skip to main content

NH 92144 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881

Photo #: NH 92144  Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Description: Facsimile of the next-to-last page of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong's journal, covering 21-24 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 798, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials