Abstract
LIEUT. DANENHAUER and two of the crew of the ill-fated Jeannette have arrived at St. Petersburg, where they were met with a hearty reception. Lieut. Danenhauer has little hope that Capt. De Long and those with him can have survived, though Engineer Melville is searching for them. He speaks of the unsatisfactory nature of the charts of the Lena mouths and that part of the Siberian coast, and states that Baron Nordenskjöld has added little to our knowledge in this respect. But the Baron did not profess to do so, and indeed could not, seeing that his aim was to get over the ground as quickly as possible. The Lieutenant also is not sanguine as to the possibility of opening up trade by the mouth of the Siberian rivers, forgetting apparently that the time of his arrival at the Lena mouth was past the time most favourable for navigation, and the conditions of his arrival were certainly unfortunate.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Geographical Notes . Nature 26, 19 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026019a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/026019a0