Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Jeannette Expedition

    Uploaded by

    aditya
    8 views1 page
    The Jeannette Expedition of 1879-1881 was led by George De Long to try to reach the North Pole by sailing through the Bering Strait into an hypothesized "Open Polar Sea." The expedition's ship, the USS Jeannette, became trapped in polar ice for nearly two years before being crushed and sinking north of Siberia. Over half of the crew died, including De Long, during the attempt to reach land by boat and sled. Although the expedition failed to find an open polar route, it made discoveries and collected data that influenced future Arctic exploration.

    Original Description:

    the

    Original Title

    The

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The Jeannette Expedition of 1879-1881 was led by George De Long to try to reach the North Pole by sailing through the Bering Strait into an hypothesized "Open Polar Sea." The expedition's ship, the USS Jeannette, became trapped in polar ice for nearly two years before being crushed and sinking north of Siberia. Over half of the crew died, including De Long, during the attempt to reach land by boat and sled. Although the expedition failed to find an open polar route, it made discoveries and collected data that influenced future Arctic exploration.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    8 views1 page

    Jeannette Expedition

    Uploaded by

    aditya
    The Jeannette Expedition of 1879-1881 was led by George De Long to try to reach the North Pole by sailing through the Bering Strait into an hypothesized "Open Polar Sea." The expedition's ship, the USS Jeannette, became trapped in polar ice for nearly two years before being crushed and sinking north of Siberia. Over half of the crew died, including De Long, during the attempt to reach land by boat and sled. Although the expedition failed to find an open polar route, it made discoveries and collected data that influenced future Arctic exploration.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    The Jeannette Expedition of 187981 was an attempt led byGeorge W.

    De Long to reach the North


    Pole using a route through the Bering Strait to the fabled temperate Open Polar Sea. The expedition
    was financed by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the proprietor of the New York Herald, and based on
    the ocean current theories of the German cartographer August Petermann. The attempt failed; the
    expedition's ship, USS Jeannette (pictured), drifted in the polar ice for nearly two years before being
    crushed and sunk, north of the Siberian coast. De Long then led his men on a journey by boat and
    sled to the Lena Delta. Before ultimate rescue, more than half of the ship's complement died,
    including De Long. During Jeannette's long drift the expedition discovered what were later called
    the De Long Islands, and collected significant meteorological and oceanographic data. Although the
    ship's fate demolished the long-standing Open Polar Sea theory, the appearance in 1884 of debris
    from the wreck on the south-west coast of Greenland indicated that an Arctic current carried the ice
    from east to west. This discovery inspired Fridtjof Nansen to mount his Fram expedition nine years
    later.

    You might also like