Jeannette Medal
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The Jeannette Medal is a Congressional Gold Medal awarded in 1890, to officers and crew of the Jeannette expedition. Eight gold and twenty-five silver medals were struck, resulting in all thirty-three
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Jeannette expedition
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The Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, officially called the U.S. Arctic Expedition, was an attempt led by George W. De Long to reach the North Pole by pioneering a route from the Pacific Ocean throug
Jeannette at Le Havre in 1878, prior to her departure for San Francisco in a trip that would see her round Cape Horn
August Petermann
George W. De Long
Pandora, cruising in Smith Sound during one of her Arctic voyages