Overland Relief Expedition
1890s American rescue mission / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Overland Relief Expedition, also called the Alaska Relief Expedition or Point Barrow-Overland Relief Expedition, was an expedition in the winter of 1897–1898 by officers of the United States Revenue Cutter Service to save the lives of 265 whalers trapped in the Arctic Ocean by ice around their ships near Point Barrow, Alaska.
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Country | United States |
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Leader | David H. Jarvis |
Start | Port Townsend, Washington 1897 |
End | Point Barrow, Alaska 1898 |
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