Overland Relief Expedition

Overland Relief Expedition
CountryUnited States
LeaderDavid H. Jarvis
StartPort Townsend, Washington
1897
EndPoint Barrow, Alaska
1898

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.