Thomas Long (captain)

Thomas W. Long was an American whaling ship master.
Among his commands was the barque "Nile". In 1867, as captain of "Nile" during a whaling voyage in the North Pacific Ocean, Long entered the Chukchi Sea and sighted Wrangel Island. He described its southern shores, deeming it was a bigger landmass. Long named it "Wrangel Land" after Russian Navy seaman Ferdinand Wrangel (1797 - 1870). He also named Cape Hawaii and Cape Thomas on the same island.
Thomas Long died at Tiksi Bay, then known as "Gorely Bay", by the Laptev Sea. There is a cross there marking the site where he perished.
Honors.
The Long Strait, connecting the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea, was named after him.