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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Page 95
... miles northwest to every mile we make southwest keeps me anxious . " Everyone was anxious . Collins , who remained in the forlorn status of not officially being part of the expedition , somberly told Fireman James Bartlett , " If ...
... miles northwest to every mile we make southwest keeps me anxious . " Everyone was anxious . Collins , who remained in the forlorn status of not officially being part of the expedition , somberly told Fireman James Bartlett , " If ...
Page 138
... miles from habi- tation and less than 20 miles from hunters ' huts stocked with food . They had come so close to winning their game try for survival . Melville , arriving at Bulun on November 2 , imme- diately drafted a telegram to the ...
... miles from habi- tation and less than 20 miles from hunters ' huts stocked with food . They had come so close to winning their game try for survival . Melville , arriving at Bulun on November 2 , imme- diately drafted a telegram to the ...
Page 139
... miles , they averred - and wailed once more that no fish , no reindeer was to be obtained along the barren route . They would all starve . " We have dogs , " Melville declared in the best Rus- sian he could muster . " And after they are ...
... miles , they averred - and wailed once more that no fish , no reindeer was to be obtained along the barren route . They would all starve . " We have dogs , " Melville declared in the best Rus- sian he could muster . " And after they are ...
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ahead Alexey Ambler Arctic Ocean arrived asked Bartlett became Bennett Island boat bodies Bulun cabin Captain De Long chief engineer Chipp cold Collins command continued court crew cutter Danen Danenhower Danenhower's deck dispatch dogs drift 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 survivors Sylvie Tungus turned U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH vessel Washington De Long whaleboat wind winter wrote yards York