David H. Jarvis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDavid H. Jarvis
United States Revenue Cutter Service officer
Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1862
Place of Birth: Berlin, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jun-1911
Profession: ship captain
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About David H. Jarvis
- David Henry Jarvis (August 24, 1862 – June 23, 1911) was a captain in the United States Revenue Cutter Service.
- During the harsh winter of 1897–1898, Jarvis, then serving as a first lieutenant aboard the U.S.
- Revenue Cutter Bear, led the Overland Relief Expedition, bringing a three-man rescue team with a herd of about 400 reindeer across 1,500 miles of tundra and pack-ice to Point Barrow, Alaska, to bring needed food to 265 whalers whose ships had become stranded in the ice off the northern Alaska coast.
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