The Jeannette Expedition: An Ill-fated Journey to the ArcticAccount of Lieutenant George Washington De Long's expedition to the North Pole, 1879. |
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... Ericksen was collapsing . His mind wandered . But he incurred the combined enmity of both De Long and Dr. Ambler . The former was angered because he had seen the seaman giving his precious pemmican ration to one of the dogs . The ...
... Ericksen was collapsing . His mind wandered . But he incurred the combined enmity of both De Long and Dr. Ambler . The former was angered because he had seen the seaman giving his precious pemmican ration to one of the dogs . The ...
Page 120
... Ericksen , com- pletely helpless , had to be carried off . Snoozer , now a whining shadow of a once aggressive sled dog , presented a sadly ludicrous picture as he was carried off the cutter on the shoulders of Alexey , the Indian guide ...
... Ericksen , com- pletely helpless , had to be carried off . Snoozer , now a whining shadow of a once aggressive sled dog , presented a sadly ludicrous picture as he was carried off the cutter on the shoulders of Alexey , the Indian guide ...
Page 127
... Ericksen died . In his journals , De Long commented , " what in God's name is going to become of us ? " The body of ... Ericksen's remains had been wrapped in tent flaps , his shipmates discovered that they were too weak to move even the ...
... Ericksen died . In his journals , De Long commented , " what in God's name is going to become of us ? " The body of ... Ericksen's remains had been wrapped in tent flaps , his shipmates discovered that they were too weak to move even the ...
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ahead Alexey Ambler Arctic Arctic Ocean arrived asked Bartlett became Bennett Island boat bodies Bulun Captain De Long chief engineer Chipp cold Collins command continued court crew cutter Danen Danenhower Danenhower's deck dispatch dogs Dunbar Emma De Long Ericksen explorers feet finally fire floe frozen George George W hands Harber Herald Island hope hower ice journals Irkutsk Jack Cole Jackson James Gordon Bennett Jeannette expedition Jerome Collins journey land Lena River Lieutenant Long's Melville Melville's miles natives naturalist naval navigation Navy Department Newcomb night Nindemann Noros North October officer OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY once ounce Pandora Parthia party pemmican remained rifle Rodgers Russian sailed San Francisco Seaman ship ship's shipmates Siberia sight snow steam steamer Jeannette survivors Sylvie Tungus turned U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH vessel Washington De Long whaleboat wind winter wrote yards York