On board Jeannette, the discovery of the islands had raised De Long's spirits—the expedition would, wherever the drift took it, have some concrete geographical achievement to its credit.
Ombord på Jeannette havde opdagelsen af ​​øerne hævet De Longs humør - ekspeditionen ville, uanset hvorhen drivrejsen tog det, have nogen konkrete geografiske resultater at fremvise.