george washington to long? >> guest: george washington delong was the commander of the uss jeannette. he was very ambitious and made a name for himself with an earlier exploration into greenland. he had been able to convince the "playboy" publisher of the "new york herald tribune," excuse me the new york herald who leaders become "herald tribune" to fund this expedition. james gordon bennett the publisher of this newspaper has sent stanley to africa to find livingstone. this had been an unarmed success. the newspaper was looking for an encore to that so they decided to fund this expedition even though it was staffed by officers of the u.s. navy. it became one of the first official american attempts on the north pole. we are talking about the early days way before shackleton and terry and so forth. the last expedition than ever to the sale to the north pole. i sort of underscore that. the idea was that if you bust through a little of the i see will eventually meet this we are seeing that everyone seemed to believe them. the idea that there was a warmonger based out there. but it does g