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above-mentioned mountain-chain which has been worn away by
the river, has received its name from the fact that Capt.
De Long and his comrades were buried on its summit,
though their bodies were afterwards moved to America.
A large wooden cross marks the place where they were
interred. I went to the spot, and happily the fog
dispersed a little, so that I was able to take photographs of
the hill with its cross, and the surrounding landscape of
the delta.
On the cross is the following inscription:—
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Memory of 12 of the Officers and Men of the U. S. Arctic Steamer JEANNETTE, Who Died of Starvation in the Lena Delta, October 1881. Lieut. G. W. De Long, Dr. J. M. Ambler, Mr. F. F. Collins, H. H. Erichsen, W. Lee, Mate, A. Gortz, A. Dressler, G. Boyd, N. Iversen, H. Kaak, A. H. Sam, Alexey. |
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