Physical Object: Reindeer hide (caribou) sleeping bag, used during Greely Expedition rescue

• Other Authors: Unknown creator, unknown nationality (Creator)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1884
• Subjects: Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884) > Sleeping bags > Polar regions > Discovery and exploration > Search and rescue operations > Fur > ReindeerGreely; A. W. (Adolphus Washington); 1844-1935; Arctic; Fort Conger; Lady Franklin Bay; Franklin Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:4058

Sleeping bag made of reindeer (caribou) hide, circa 1884. A hand-penned paper label dating from the 1890s is stitched to the hide, and reads: "Sleeping Bag From The Greely expedition (U.S. Steamer Bear Sent to their Rescue)." The sleeping bag originated with the rescue vessel USS Bear, sen...