Photo #: NH 52000
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
"The Sinking of the Jeannette"
Engraving by George T. Andrew after a design by M.J. Burns, copied
from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II,
page 575, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. It depicts
USS Jeannette after she was crushed by ice flows north
of Siberia on 12 June 1881. She sank in the morning of 13 June
in position 77 14'57" N, 154 58'45"E.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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