Wrangel Island
A party from the USRC "Corwin" landed on Wrangel Island on 12 August 1881, claimed the island for the United States and named it "New Columbia". The expedition, under the command of Calvin L. Hooper, was seeking the "Jeannette" and two missing whalers in addition to conducting general exploration. It included naturalist John Muir, who published the first description of Wrangel Island. In the same year on 23 August, the USS "Rodgers", commanded by Lieutenant R. M. Berry during the second search for the "Jeannette", landed a party on Wrangel Island that stayed about two weeks and conducted an extensive survey of the southern coast.