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Jeannette expedition

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De Long Islands
archipelago in Russia, part of New Siberian Islands
George W. De Long
American polar explorer (1844–1881)
Edward William Nelson
American naturalist (1855-1934)
James Gordon Bennett Jr.
American publisher (1841–1918)
USS Jeannette
1861 Philomel-class gunvessel
Jeannette expedition
failed 19th-century polar expedition
Open Polar Sea
conjectured ice-free body of water
George W. Melville
American admiral and engineer (1841-1912)
USS Rodgers
navy steam whaling barque
USRC Thomas Corwin
U.S. revenue cutter and merchant ship