Author | Hampton Sides |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Nonfiction / American history / World history |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 2014 |
Pages | 480 |
ISBN | 978-0385535373 |
In The Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Doubleday), 2014, is a nonfiction book written by the author and historian Hampton Sides. The book tells the true story of the 1879–1881 arctic voyage of the USS Jeannette and the crew's struggle to survive after having to abandon their ship in the polar ice.
Name | Rank or function |
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George W. De Long | Lieutenant, U.S. Navy: ship's captain |
Charles W. Chipp | Lieutenant, U.S. Navy: executive officer |
John W. Danenhower | Master, U.S. Navy; navigation officer |
George W. Melville | Assistant Engineer, U.S. Navy: ship's engineer |
James M. Ambler | Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Navy: ship's doctor |
William M. Dunbar | Ice pilot (entered as seaman) |
Jerome J. Collins | Meteorologist (entered as seaman) |
Raymond L. Newcomb | Naturalist (entered as seaman) |
John Cole | Boatswain |
Walter Lee | Machinist |
James H. Bartlett | Fireman first class |
George W. Boyd | Fireman second class |
Alfred Sweetman | Carpenter |
William F.C. Nindemann | Seaman |
Louis P. Noros | Seaman |
Herbert W. Leach | Seaman |
Henry Wilson | Seaman |
Carl A. Görtz | Seaman |
Peter E. Johnson | Seaman |
Edward Starr | Seaman |
Henry D. Warren | Seaman |
Heinrich H. Kaak | Seaman |
Albert G. Kuehne | Seaman |
Frank E. Mansen | Seaman |
Hans H. Erikson | Seaman |
Adolph Dressler | Seaman |
Nelsk Iverson | Seaman |
Walter Sharvell | Seaman |
George Lauterbach | Seaman |
Ah Sam | Cook |
Charles Tang Sing | Steward |
Alexey | Hunter (joined ship in Alaska) |
Aneguin | Hunter (joined ship in Alaska) |