CHAPTER XVIII

The _Jeannette_ expedition, 1879-1881.—In command of Captain George W. De Long.—Leaves San Francisco.—Touches at Ounalaska, August 2.—Reaches Lawrence Bay, East Siberia, August 15.—Last seen by whale bark _Sea Breeze_ near Herald Island, September 2.—The _Jeannette_ beset in ice-pack September 6, never again released.—Daily routine of officers and crew.—Ship springs a leak.—A frozen summer.—Sight of new land.—A second winter in the pack.—The _Jeannette_ crushed.—Abandonment.—The retreat.—The fate of the three boats.—Death of De Long’s party.—Melville’s search 345