Report of Board of Officers to Consider an Expedition for the Relief of Lieut. Greely and Party (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration) - Softcover

United States Board Of Officers, .

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108075002 ISBN 13: 9781108075008

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In 1881, Adolphus Greely led a US Arctic expedition to gather meteorological, astronomical and magnetic data. It was poorly supported by the US Army, neither Greely nor his men had experience of Arctic conditions, and their ship, the Proteus, sailed home once they had landed in Greenland. An inadequately planned relief mission failed to reach them in 1882, and a second expedition in 1883, including the Proteus (which was crushed by ice), also failed to locate the men or to land sufficient supplies. This official report was published in 1884, and proposes a further rescue mission, much more carefully planned and equipped. It includes, as an appendix, detailed information about Arctic conditions and means of survival from the British naval explorers George Nares and Albert H. Markham. When eventually found, only seven of Greely's original team of twenty-five were still alive. Other accounts of the expeditions are also reissued in this series.

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Book Description

This official report, published in 1884, proposes a third expedition, much more carefully planned and equipped, to rescue any survivors of the 1881 Greely expedition to the Arctic, two previous relief efforts having failed. When they were eventually found, only seven of Greely's original team of twenty-five were still alive.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108075002
• ISBN 13: 9781108075008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204