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. 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.
