Siberia Jeanette Arctic Expedition Rescue, Geo De Long, Huge 1880s Antique Print - $50 - (Mchenry, IL)
Like what you see? Click on my store to search by keyword or browse over 200 categories! You are bidding on a huge original antique from an 1880s illustrated journal. It depicts 14 scenes of the rescue mission to find the Jeannette Arctic Expedition in Siberia. . All are captioned. Very detailed illustration. On the backside is a 14-inch article on the Jeannette Expedition.George W. De Long led an expedition on the ship USS Jeannette with a plan to find a quick way to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. As well as collecting scientific data and animal specimens, De Long discovered and claimed three islands (De Long Islands) for the United States in the summer of 1881. The ship became trapped in the ice pack in the Chukchi Sea northeast of Wrangel Island in September 1879. It drifted in the ice pack in a northwesterly direction until it was crushed in the shifting ice and sank on June 12, 1881 in the East Siberian Sea. De Long and his crew then traversed the ice pack to try to reach Siberia pulling three small boats. After reaching open water on September 11 they became separated and one boat, commanded by Executive Officer Charles W. Chipp, was lost; no trace of it was ever found. De Long's own boat reached land, but only two men sent ahead for aid survived. The third boat, under the command of Chief Engineer George W. Melville, reached the Lena delta and was rescued.The grave of George Washington De Long De Long died of starvation near Matvay Hut, Yakutia, Siberia. Melville returned a few months later and found the bodies of De Long and his boat crew. Overall, the doomed voyage took the lives of twenty expedition members, as well as additional men lost during the search operations. De Long and five of his men are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx section of New York City. It is very large (double folio size), measuring approximately 21.5 x 15.75 inches (54.5 x 40 cm). The picture fills most of the page, with a caption below. The back of this print has u…
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