Letter, 1939 February 28, Westfield, New Jersey, to Georgia Mansbridge, New York.
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De Long, George Washington, 1844-1881
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George Washington De Long (b. August 22, 1844, Manhattan, New York-d. October 31, 1881, Matvay Hut, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia), United States Naval Officer and explorer. He graduated form the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1865, then rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1879 he commanded an expedition on board the gunboat "USS Jeannette" designed to discover a faster way to traverse the North Pole by going through the Bering Strait. During the summer of 188...
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...
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...
Mansbridge, Georgia
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Ellsberg, Edward, 1891-1983
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Ellsberg was educated at the U.S. Naval Academy (1914) and at MIT. He served in the U.S. Navy 1914-1926, 1928 and 1941-1951, retiring as a rear admiral. In the Navy he distinguished himself as an expert in underwater salvage and rescue. In addition, he wrote on expeditions, naval matters and fiction. He died Jan. 24, 1983. From the description of Hell on ice, 1936-1937 / [Edward Ellsberg] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 69665506 ...
