Expeditions Commanded by Americans 459 



Robert E. Pearv, U. S. Navv 



S. Navy, the first to explore the great 

 Arctic Ocean to the north of Asia. 1879- 

 1881, reached thereon '/-° 36' N., 1^5° 

 E., in 1881. 



In 1880 Captain C. L. Hooper. Revenue 

 Marine Service, sailing on a summer voy- 

 age via Bering Strait, skirted the south 

 shore of Wrangell Land.t about 71° 30' 



t Wrangell Land was first visited by an 

 American whaler. Thomas Long, who sailed 

 along its southern coast, reaching 70° 46' N.. 

 180° W.. in 1867. in which year it was also 

 skirted by other whalers, Captains Bliven, 

 Phillips, and Raynor. 



N., 180° W., and landed on this island in 

 1881. 



Commander R. J\I. Berry, U. S. Navy, 

 in the Jeannette Relief Expedition of 

 1881. explored Wrangell Land to its 

 northernniost point, in 71° 32' N., about 

 180° W. In 1889 Captain, now Admiral, 

 Stockton, U. S. Navy, reached Wrangell 

 Land, in about 71° 30' N., 180° W. 



The Lady Franklin Bay International 

 Polar Expedition, under Lieutenant, now 

 General, A. W. Greely, U. S. Army, took 

 station, in 1881-1883, on Grinnell Land, 



