Storm and landfall Jeannette Expedition

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the lena delta


the entire crew of 33 still on semenovsky island. boats left island in morning of september 12, in fair weather. thirteen men de long in large cutter, chipp 7 others took smaller cutter, while melville , ten men sailed in whaleboat. danenhower, outranked melville, complained bitterly de long being placed under engineer s command, de long replied danenhower unfit duty, view confirmed ambler. de long instructed boats should each aim point indicated cape barkin on petermann map; if became separated, , landed in different areas, parties should rendezvous @ bulun, sizeable settlement 100 miles (160 km) coast.


the boats made progress through morning, , melville thought might strike land after single night @ sea. in afternoon weather worsened; boats separated , lost sight of each other. de long used sea anchor stabilize craft in ferocious seas, , despite having sail torn away wind, managed hold course west. storm had largely subsided morning of september 14, progress erratic in absence of sail, , 3 more days before cutter ran aground @ northerly limit of lena delta. de long , crew waded ashore, carrying provisions boat, , prepared long foot journey. based on map, nearest settlement appeared lie 95 miles (153 km) away. de long thought rations last three-and-a-half days.


in whaleboat, melville had, de long, ridden out storm means of sea anchor. boat s course far south of de long s; reached land @ 1 of main mouths of lena, , able navigate upriver. within few days encountered native fishing camp, , september 25 had reached settlement of arrhu. chipp s cutter never reached land; overwhelmed storm, presumably foundered, loss of 8 on board.








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