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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 92145 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881 Facsimile of the last page of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong's journal, covering 25-30 October 1881, as his party was dying of starvation at the head of the Lena River Delta, Siberia. Numbered days reflect the time since USS Jeannette was abandoned in the ice north of Siberia. Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 799, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 73KB; 560 x 765 pixels

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29 August 2003