The Eventful Voyage of the U.S.S. Alliance in Search of the Missing Jeannette North Pole Expedition
In July 1879, the ill-fated U.S. North Pole expedition of Jeannette, made possible through the efforts of the flamboyant publisher of the New York Herald, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., embarked on an attempt on the pole via Bering Strait. By 1881, anxiety over the ship’s absence led to the outfitting o...
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ftscholexchange:oai:ojs.scholarlyexchange.org:article/22839 2023-05-15T14:49:34+02:00 The Eventful Voyage of the U.S.S. Alliance in Search of the Missing Jeannette North Pole Expedition Wamsley, Douglas 2022-05-26 application/pdf https://ijms.nmdl.org/article/view/22839 eng eng Array https://ijms.nmdl.org/article/view/22839/14540 https://ijms.nmdl.org/article/view/22839 Copyright (c) 2022 Coriolis: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies Coriolis: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies; Vol 11 No 2 (2022): CORIOLIS: Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies; 15-33 2163-8381 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-Reviewed Article 2022 ftscholexchange 2023-01-04T07:16:27Z In July 1879, the ill-fated U.S. North Pole expedition of Jeannette, made possible through the efforts of the flamboyant publisher of the New York Herald, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., embarked on an attempt on the pole via Bering Strait. By 1881, anxiety over the ship’s absence led to the outfitting of several naval relief expeditions for the missing vessel. This article examines the cruise of the Jeannette relief expedition by the American frigate, U.S.S. Alliance, to Iceland, Norway and Svalbard and the seas between Greenland and Svalbard. Little-remembered today, the Alliance relief expedition was initiated by Bennett. His desire for increased circulation of the New York Herald through the reporting of Arctic endeavors assured complete coverage of the voyage by a Herald correspondent and maintained the Arctic in the public eye. Though unsuccessful in its primary rescue mission, the novel cruise by an American warship in European Arctic waters achieved some noteworthy results while running its share of risks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Bering Strait Greenland Iceland North Pole Svalbard Scholarly Exchange: E-Journals Arctic Bering Strait Greenland North Pole Norway Svalbard |
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In July 1879, the ill-fated U.S. North Pole expedition of Jeannette, made possible through the efforts of the flamboyant publisher of the New York Herald, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., embarked on an attempt on the pole via Bering Strait. By 1881, anxiety over the ship’s absence led to the outfitting of several naval relief expeditions for the missing vessel. This article examines the cruise of the Jeannette relief expedition by the American frigate, U.S.S. Alliance, to Iceland, Norway and Svalbard and the seas between Greenland and Svalbard. Little-remembered today, the Alliance relief expedition was initiated by Bennett. His desire for increased circulation of the New York Herald through the reporting of Arctic endeavors assured complete coverage of the voyage by a Herald correspondent and maintained the Arctic in the public eye. Though unsuccessful in its primary rescue mission, the novel cruise by an American warship in European Arctic waters achieved some noteworthy results while running its share of risks. |
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Coriolis: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies; Vol 11 No 2 (2022): CORIOLIS: Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies; 15-33 2163-8381 |
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