Arctic sketches, 1881.

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Arctic sketches, 1881.

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Thirty sketches of the Arctic regions prepared by Brown when he was Assistant Engineer on the USS Alliance while on a cruise in search of the Jeannette in 1881. Includes copies of service records, description and attribution of the sketches, and a copy of the relevant issues of the journal Our continent in which the sketches were published.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Dartmouth College Library

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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...

Jeannette Relief Expedition (1881)

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Brown, Jefferson, d. 1909.

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Alliance (Ship : 1791-1794)

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Sealing/whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Bartlett Coffin who died 1793; brought home by Hezekiah Pinkham. From the description of Log/journal, 1791 Sept. 29-1794 Jan. 18 [microform]. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013854 ...