Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, ca. 1801-ca. 1940, USS Jeannette, 7/1880 - 2/1881
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Jeannette (Ship)
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USS Jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which, under the command of George W. De Long, undertook an ill-fated 1879–1881 voyage to the Arctic. After being trapped in the ice and drifting for almost two years, the ship and its crew of 33 were released from the ice, then trapped again, crushed and sunk some 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) north of the Siberian coast. The entire crew survived the sinking, but 11 died while sailing towards land in a small cutter. The other 22 reached Siberia...
Newcomb, Raymond Lee, 1849-1918
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Raymond Lee Newcomb (b. Salem, Massachusetts, December 31, 1849-d. Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, June 28, 1918), American explorer, naturalist and astronomer, served as naturalist and astronomer of the Jeannette Expedition (1879-1881), and was one of the thirteen survivors. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts, after the Jeannette Expedition, where he worked as a taxidermist until his death....
Melville, George Wallace, 1841-1912
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George Wallace Melville (b. 10 January 1841, New York City-d. 17 March 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an engineer, Arctic explorer and author. As chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, he headed a time of great expansion, technological progress and change, often in defiance of the conservative element of the Navy hierarchy. He superintended the design of 120 ships and introduced the water-tube boiler, the triple-screw propulsion system, vertical engines, the floating repair ship, and t...
Jeannette Expedition (1879-1881)
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The Jeannette Expedition of 1879–1881, officially the U.S. Arctic Expedition, was an attempt led by George W. De Long to reach the North Pole by pioneering a route from the Pacific Ocean through the Bering Strait. The premise was that a temperate current, the Kuro Siwo, flowed northwards into the strait, providing a gateway to the Open Polar Sea and thus to the pole. This theory proved illusory; the expedition's ship, USS Jeannette and its crew of 33, was trapped by ice and drifted for nearly tw...
