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Photo #: NH 92154

"Monument Hill, Lena Delta."


Where the remains of Jeannette expedition leader Lieutenant Commander George DeLong and his men were laid to rest, after their bodies were discovered in March 1882. This high ground, marked by a cross, was near where they had perished in October-November 1881.
Engraving copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 869, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

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29 August 2003