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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.
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.
Lady Franklin Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The bay is located in Nares Strait, northwest of Judge Daly Promontory and is an inlet into the northeastern shore of Ellesmere Island. Fort Conger—formerly an Arctic exploration camp [3] —is located on its northern shore.
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 ...
1879–1882: Jeannette expedition commanded by George W. De Long attempts to reach the North Pole by sea from the Bering Strait; 1880: Henry W. Howgate leads the Howgate Arctic expedition for scientific and geographical exploration of Greenland; 1880: Benjamin Leigh Smith's fourth expedition explores the southwestern area of Franz Josef Land
The cape was named after Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine (1788–1883), was the site of the winter camp of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1883–1884. [ 1 ] Notable people
The six survivors of the U.S. Army's Greely Arctic expedition with their U.S. Navy rescuers, at Upernavik, Greenland, 2–3 July 1884. Probably photographed on board Thetis. After more than a month of preparations, Thetis—now under the command of Commander Winfield Scott Schley, who also headed the relief squadron—departed New York on 1 May ...
Sir Albert Hastings Markham, a member of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875 was the next one to get closer to the pole 48 years later, when he reached a latitude of 83° 20′26″N by a dog sledge. Adolphus Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition bested Markham by a few miles, reaching 83° 24′N in 1882. [7]