Photo #: NH 92149-A
"Siberian Exile Huts"
Vignette engraving of huts encountered by Chief Engineer George
Melville and his party when they landed on the Lena Delta, Siberia,
in September 1881. These men were survivors of the 1879-1881
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition.
Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume
II, page 836, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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