The Discovery of Wrangel Island

Alaska anchor Arctic continent Arctic Ocean assignment August Bering Sea Patrol Bering Strait CALIFORNIA ACADEMY Calvin Hooper Calvin L Cape Serdz Captain Calvin Captain Hooper Chuckchi clear water coast of Siberia Commander De Long Corwin encountered Corwin headed course was laid crew cruise cutter Corwin Daniel Webster David Starr Jordan Diomedes discovery of Wrangel dogs drift ice East Cape entered the ice entry expedition floe gale heavy seas Herald Island ice pack Jeannette Kellett laid for Saint Leighton Hooper Lieutenant Long party Marcus Bay masthead McCulloch missing whalers Muir offshore open lead open water plain sight Plover Bay Point Barrow polar ice polar pack port record repairs Revenue Cutter Service rudder Saint Lawrence Bay Saint Lawrence Island San Francisco shaped a course ship shore ice shore party Siberian coast sleds steam and sail Tapkan Unalaska United vessel voyage weather whaling fleet wind Wrangel Island wreck