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The Voyage of the Jeannette - The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881 (Paperback)
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The Voyage of the Jeannette - The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration, Volume 2
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George W. De Long (1844-81) was a US Navy officer who set out to
find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During
his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De
Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank,
the crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in
Siberia. Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony
of the survivors, these two volumes document De Long's doomed
expedition. First published in 1883, Volume 2 records the
Jeannette's final wreckage, and the crew's continuation of their
perilous mission in smaller boats. It concludes with the discovery
of De Long's records, and later his remains, by surviving crew
member George Melville. Providing a vivid account of
nineteenth-century Polar exploration, it remains of great interest
to scholars of geography and maritime studies.
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