Hell on Ice: The Saga of the "Jeannette"An account in fictional form of the 1879 expedition under Lieutenant Commander G.W. De Long, to reach the North Pole via the Bering Sea, narrated by chief engineer of the expedition, G.W. Melville. |
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Page 142
... cabin allee samee light away . ' More discussions about coal economy , I presumed . But that idea was quickly knocked out of my head when stepping into the cabin I found myself facing not the cap- tain alone but also Mr. Collins . A ...
... cabin allee samee light away . ' More discussions about coal economy , I presumed . But that idea was quickly knocked out of my head when stepping into the cabin I found myself facing not the cap- tain alone but also Mr. Collins . A ...
Page 222
... cabin sent for Collins , and as luck would have it , asked him , of all things , to bring a thermometer ! Collins went to fetch the thermometer , some special one , and took it into the cabin . There was some 222 HELL ON ICE.
... cabin sent for Collins , and as luck would have it , asked him , of all things , to bring a thermometer ! Collins went to fetch the thermometer , some special one , and took it into the cabin . There was some 222 HELL ON ICE.
Page 226
... cabin . There with his parka off , smoking his pipe , was Col- lins , leisurely writing in the logbook and carrying on an animated conversation through the opened doors and hatches with Danenhower in his stateroom on the deck below . De ...
... cabin . There with his parka off , smoking his pipe , was Col- lins , leisurely writing in the logbook and carrying on an animated conversation through the opened doors and hatches with Danenhower in his stateroom on the deck below . De ...
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aboard ahead Alexey Ambler Aneguin Arctic bailing Bartlett bear Bennett Bennett Island boat boiler bosun broken Bulun cabin captain chief Chipp coal cold Collins crew cutter Danenhower deck doctor dogs drag drift Dunbar EDWARD ELLSBERG engines Erichsen expedition eyes feet finally fire fireroom floe freezing frozen gale going hands hauled head heaving Henrietta Island Herald Island hope hummocks ice pack Island Iversen Jack Cole Jeannette Jeannette's keep leaving Lena Delta Long Long's looked Mark Surk Melville miles morning Navy never Newcomb night Nindemann Noros oars officer ordered pemmican port pump rest rigged river round sail scurvy sea anchor seamen Sharvell ship shipmates Siberia Siberian Islands side sight skipper sledge sleep snow soon starboard started steam stern stood temperature Tong Sing turned underway wardroom watch waves whaleboat wind Wrangel Land Yakut yards