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NH 92127 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881

Photo #: NH 92127 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
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Title: Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Description: Engraving after a sketch by George W. Melville, depicting Jeannette Island, discovered by USS Jeannette as she drifted icebound north of Siberia in May 1881. Position was about 159E, 76 40'N. Copied from The Voyage of the Jeannette ..., Volume II, page 550, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 92127
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