The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 (a.k.a. the Greely Expedition[1]) to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps.

2019年2月5日 · The Greely Expedition reveals how poor planning, personality clashes, questionable decisions and pure bad luck conspired to turn a noble scientific mission into a...

Adolphus Washington Greely FRSGS (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

An epic story of adventure, abandonment and human tragedy, The Greely Expedition tells of an 1881 scientific mission to the Arctic that ended with death and rumors of cannibalism. The Greely ...

Brutal Arctic elements, bureaucracy, and half-baked resupply attempts doomed the men of the ill-fated Greely Expedition—until the Navy came to the rescue. In 1881 First Lieutenant Adolphus Washington Greely of the U.S. Army's 5th Cavalry Regiment …

An epic story of adventure, abandonment and human tragedy, The Greely Expedition tells of an 1881 scientific mission to the Arctic that ended with death and rumors of cannibalism. The Greely ...

Later that year the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, led by Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely, set off from St. John’s, Newfoundland, aboard the ship Proteus. On August 11th, the ship and crew reached Ellesmere Island at the entrance to the bay. Here the expedition established Fort Conger as …

2020年4月26日 · Twenty-five men, mostly soldiers, started Greely’s expedition. They were dropped off in the summer of 1881 more than 1,000 miles north of the Arctic Circle and some 250 miles from the last known settlement.

Colorized photograph of Adolphus Washington Greely, who led a U.S. Army Arctic weather expedition in Greenland and was rescued by the Bear and Arctic whaler Thetis. Both vessels were purchased by the Navy and turned over to the Revenue Cutter Service after the …

2020年3月10日 · Consider U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely’s record-breaking Arctic expedition of the 1880s, which came back with only seven of the 25 who set out three years before. But then, what to expect from soldiers and a leader who had never been to the Arctic?