Description

USS Jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which in 1879-81, under the command of George W. De Long, undertook an ill-fated voyage to the Arctic. After being trapped in the ice and drifting for almost two years, the ship was released from its ice-grip, then trapped again, crushed and sunk some 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) north of the Siberian coast. De Long and most of his crew reached land, but many of them, including De Long, subsequently perished in the wastes of the Lena Delta.