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NH 92151 "Melville's Depot of Supplies and Station at Mat Vai, during Spring Search"

Photo #: NH 92151 "Melville's Depot of Supplies and Station at Mat Vai, during Spring Search"
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Title: "Melville's Depot of Supplies and Station at Mat Vai, during Spring Search"
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 92151
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