In the Lena Delta

In the Lena Delta is the story of the U S explorer and naval engineer George Melville who led an expedition that found the remains of Lieutanant G W DeLong and his party from his previous expedition on the Jeannette In July of 1879 as chief engineer Melville set sail with De Long from San Francisco on the Jeannette through the Bering Strait heading for Wrangel Island off the northeast coast of Siberia On September 5th the ship became trapped in the pack ice near Herald Island now Gerald Island east of Wrangel