Julius R. Frederick

• Language: unknown
• Published: 1886
• Subjects: Frederick; Julius R.; 1852-1904; Explorers; Discovery & exploration; Expeditions & surveys; Greenland; Lady Franklin Bay; Baird Inlet; Discovery Harbour; Franklin Bay
• Online Access: http://images.indianahistory.org/u?/dc010,81

In 1881 Frederick volunteered for a polar expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, also known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition or Greely Expedition. Lt. A. W. Greely of the 5th U.S. Cavalry led the expedition to investigate the nature of the magnetic pole, establish a permanent international polar station at Discovery Harbour, Greenland, and attempt to travel the farthest north. Twenty-five men started on the expedition. In September 1883 the relief supply ship failed to arrive and men began dying of disease, starvation, and thirst. Frederick and Sergeant George W. Rice walked to Baird Inlet for frozen beef. Rice died on the trip. Frederick made it back with beef for the survivors. The men were rescued 22 June 1884. Six of the originial group survived. Frederick and his family settled in Indianapolis in 1886. He lived there until his death in 1904. Frederick is wearing a dark coat over his suit. He has a cane in his right hand, and a handkerchief in his coat pocket.