Photo #: NH 92122
Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Cairn tomb on Monument Hill, Lena Delta, Siberia, where the bodies
of Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, the expedition
commander, and those who perished with him were laid to rest
in 1882.
Tinted lithograph after a drawing by A. Larsen, copied from "The
Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, Frontispiece, edited
by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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