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1882 Photogravure Officers Jeannette Arctic Expedition North Pole XGW9 XGN4 YTG7A1B24C74 zz10000This is an original 1882 monochrome photogravure of the "Officers of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition" of 1879. The Jeannette Arctic Expedition, commanded by Lieutenant George W. DeLong of the United States Navy, departed San Francisco on 8 July 1879. Originally projected by James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of the New York Herald, the expedition was an attempt to reach the North Pole by way of the Bering Strait. Prior to the voyage, however, the