The Voyage of the Jeannette : The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879–1881

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These two volumes, published in 1883, document the doomed Polar expedition of George W. De Long (1844–81). Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony of the mission's survivors, Volume 1 records the crew's experiences in the Arctic, and their attempts to save their vessel, the Jeannette.