Their Ship Was Crushed by Ice... So 19 Sailors Dragged Lifeboats Across 1,000 Miles of Frozen Arctic

Описание: ⚓ Crushed by Ice: The USS Jeannette's 1,000-Mile Arctic Survival
At 0400 on June 13th, 1881, Commander George De Long gave the order no captain wants to give: Abandon ship. The USS Jeannette, trapped in Arctic pack ice for 21 months, was being crushed. 33 men. 1,000 miles from civilization. Three small boats. This is their story.
📖 THE UNTOLD STORY: In 1879, the USS Jeannette departed San Francisco searching for the mythical Open Polar Sea—a warm, ice-free route to the North Pole. Instead, on September 6th, 1879, pack ice closed around the hull at 77 degrees north. The ship became a prison, drifting northwest for 21 brutal months. When the ice finally crushed the Jeannette on June 13th, 1881, De Long and his crew faced an impossible choice: drag 4,000 pounds of boats and supplies across shifting ice fields toward Siberia, or die waiting.
🔴 THE 1,000-MILE MARCH: For three months, the crew hauled boats over 30-foot pressure ridges and across open water leads. Half a mile per day. Temperatures dropped to minus 60°F. Food ran out. On September 12th, a storm separated the boats. Lieutenant Chipp's boat vanished—8 men lost forever. De Long's group reached land but found no settlements. By October 30th, De Long made his final journal entry. Of 33 men, only 13 survived.
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🌊 WHY THIS CHANGED ARCTIC EXPLORATION: The Jeannette proved the Open Polar Sea didn't exist and discovered the Transpolar Drift—the current carrying ice from Siberia to Greenland. De Long's journal became foundational polar science data.
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