Adolphus Washington Greely (1844-1935)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Todd, Alden
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Greely; Adolphus Washington; 1844-1935; History; Lady Franklin Bay Expedition; 1881-1884; Meteorology; Proteus (Ship); Science; Survival; Travels; Starvation; Kane Basin; Greenland/Nunavut; Kennedy Channel; Sabine; Cape; Nunavut; Arctic; Greenland; Kane; Lady Franklin Bay; Nares; Franklin Bay; Kennedy channel; musk ox
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65178

Adolphus Washington Greely became a world celebrity almost overnight in 1884 when the six survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition under his leadership were rescued from starvation in the Arctic. Yet he was far more than the central figure of one tragic expedition. Explorer, soldier, scientist,...