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ABANDONED IN THE ARCTIC: ADOLPHUS W. GREELY AND THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION, 1881-1884. By GEOFFREY E. CLARK. Book and DVD. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Portsmouth Athenaeum, 2007. Book: ISBN 0-9740895-2-4. 81 p., maps, colour and b&w illus., bib. Softbound. US$20.00. DVD: 90 minutes, A Cocked Hat Ventures LLC film.
The author of Abandoned in the Arctic, Dr. Geoffrey E. Clark, first became fascinated by the story of Adolphus W. Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition following a visit to Ellesmere Island in 1988. Dr. Clark's research into the history of the expedition and its tragic conclusion for most of the members led to additional trips north, culminating in a retracing in 2004 of the Greely party's retreat southward from Fort Conger to Pim Island.
In the book, the author describes the bizarre sequence of events that brought Greely and his expedition to Lady Franklin Bay on the northeast coast of Ellesmere Island in August 1881. The book begins with a brief outline of Greely's...
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