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than possible that Lieut.. belong may be the
herald OF a new race of those who fear not the
spirit which dwelleth in the land Of ice and snow.

The Jeanette sailed from San Francisco in July,
1879, with Lieutenant George W. Delong of the
was built in the Pembroke dockyard in England in
1864 and christened the Pandora Before she was
sold TO James Gordon Bennett she made three voy-
ages to the Arctic regions, the first and second in
1873 and 1874 to King Williams land, and the
third carrying dispatches to the Alert in Pell's
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was as follows: Leaving San Francisco she bore
away to the northwest for the Aeutian islands.
the north side of the island Of the Same name From
the Pacific ocean she sailed through the Unalza pass
into Behrl ~ sea- sea-, From Ounalaska her course
The next point in her course St. Michaels,
the mouth of the Yukan river. and about 500
miles from St. Paul, Thence her course was to st..
Lawrence pay, on the coast of Asia. From st.
Lawrence bay the route lay directly through Beh-
rings strait into the Arctic ocean. Her course was
The course Of the Jeanette thereafter depended
largely on circumstances, and left entirely to
the wisdom of her commander. The Jeanette
rived at Ounalaska island on August 2. 1879. and
the naval department received a report from Com
modore belong on August 25. He left for st.
Michaeis on August g. The expedition was last
hood Of which the expedition disappeared in the
direction of Wrange land Since then two parties
the Corwin and the Rogers have explored the north
ern ATTITUDES in vain search for the Jeanette.
Capt. Howgate was anxious to make third, but
ran against suag in the shape of defalcation in
his accounts which brought his prospective cruise
to an ignominious end.
Commander Delong imbibed his love for Arctic
adventure while serving as navigator of the Polaris
expedition in 1873. After his return from that I'M
fruitful cruise old whalers in New Bedford con
WINGED him that the route to the pole by the way of
Baffins bay was an uphill journey, and that the
true course through Behring's straits He
acted upon this proposition, and his was the first
expedition that attempted the passage over this
route. He is thirtyseyen years of age, was born
IN New York city, and graduated at the naval
academy in 1866. Lieut. Charles w. Chipp, U. S. NJ,
the executive officer, is thirytwo years of age. He
was with his present commander on the Polaris ex
petition. Lieut. John w. Dannenhower, United
States navy, is the navigator: surgeon, Jas. M. M.
Amber, United States navy; chief engineer, Geo.
W. Melville, United States navy. Jerome j. Col
ns the scientist of the expedition is of the staff of
the New York Herald. The naturalist and taxider-
mist is Raymond l.. Newcomb VIM. Dunbar, the
ice pilot, has been seaman for thirty years.
The list of the petty officers and the crew is as fol
lows: John Cole, boatswain: Walter Lee, machin-
ist VIM. Lenderman, Quartermaster: John Sher-
mann, carpenter. Seamen: Louis Nros, Herbert
Leach, Peter johnson, Ed. Stats, August Goertz,
Adonh Dresler, Henry Wilson, II. Erickson, Henry
ID. Warren Henry Kaack, George Kahn. G. w.
Boyd, John Linderback, Nelson Jansen of Den
marck, Fred. Neuman and three Chinese, a steward,
cook and boy.