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 statio...