George Washington De Long (August 22, 1844 – October 31, 1881) was a United States Navy officer and ill-fated explorer. August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

Born in New York City, he was educated at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1879, backed by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner of the New York Herald newspaper, and under the auspices of the US navy, Lieutenant De Long sailed from San Francisco, California on the ship "Jeannette" with a plan to find a quick way to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Teamwork: Fourth Class Midshipmen lock arms and use ropes made from uniform items as they brace themselves climbing the Herndon Monument The United States Naval Academy, or USNA, is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. ... City nickname: Americas Sailing Capital Location in the state of Maryland Founded 1649 Mayor Ellen O. Moyer ( Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 19. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... James Gordon Bennett, Jr. ... The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924. ... San Francisco skyline. ... This is about the geographic meaning of North Pole. ... Satellite photo of the Bering Strait Bering Strait is also a country music band The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, the eastmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of the American continent, about 85 km in width, with a...

The ship became trapped in the ice and eventually was crushed and sank. De Long and his crew abandoned ship and set out for Siberia in three small boats. After reaching open water, they became separated and one boat was lost, no trace of it was ever found. De Long's own boat reached land, but only two men sent ahead for aid survived. The third boat, under the command of Chief Engineer George W. Melville, reached the Lena delta and was rescued. Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia ( Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...

George Washington De Long died of starvation near Mat Vay, Yakutsk, Siberia. Melville returned a year later and found the body of De Long and his boat crew. Overall, the doomed voyage took the lives of nineteen men. Yakutsk (Якутск) (pop. ...

A diary that De Long kept was edited by his widow and published in 1884 under the title, The Voyage of the Jeannette.

Two ships, USS DeLong, were named for him.