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2. Lady Franklin Bay Expedition - Wikipedia

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   Proteus arrived without problems at Lady Franklin Bay by August 11, dropped off men and provisions, and left. [5] In the following months, Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood and Sergeant David Legge Brainard achieved a new Farthest North record at 83°24′N 40°46′W  /  83.400°N 40.767°W  / 83.400; -40.767 , off the north coast of ...

3. Lady Franklin Bay - Wikipedia

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   Lady Franklin Bay is in a generally northeast to southwest direction, and as such it spreads inland about 110 km (70 mi) from Hall Basin. The main bay contains one noted branch to the northwest known as Discovery Bay, and the interior lengths of Lady Franklin Bay extending southwest are sometimes shown on maps as Archer Fjord .

4. Adolphus Greely - Wikipedia

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   In 1881, he was appointed to command the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, a 25-man expedition organized to carry out Arctic explorations. The expedition ran short of food and several resupply and rescue missions were unsuccessful, and by the time Greely and his men were rescued in 1884, there were only six survivors.

5. List of Arctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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   1881–1884: Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, ... 1986: Will Steger and party reach the north pole by dog sled without resupply; 1986–1989: ...

6. Fort Conger - Wikipedia

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   Fort Conger is a former settlement, military fortification, and scientific research post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.It was established in 1881 as an Arctic exploration camp, [2] notable as the site of the first major northern polar region scientific expedition, [3] the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, led by Adolphus Greely as part of the United States government's contribution to ...

7. Ellesmere Island - Wikipedia

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   [10]: 334 [7]: 19 Edward Augustus Inglefield led an 1852 expedition which surveyed the coastlines of Baffin Bay and Smith Sound, being stopped by ice in Nares Strait. [ 10 ] : 339 He named Ellesmere Island for the president of the Royal Geographical Society (1849–1852), Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere . [ 13 ]