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GREELY EXPEDITION AT LADY FRANKLIN BAY REPORT
An Associated Press visit to Lieutenant Greely at his cottage details the Lady Franklin Bay expedition aimed at polar observations including magnetic, wind, temperature, tides and barometric data. It covers voyage setup, forts at Fort Conger, daily life, extreme cold, long polar night, and the eventual retreat and fate of the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Franklin Bay
Weyprecht
Austria
Franz Josef Land
Congress
St. John
N. F
Island
Upernavik
Esquimaux
Proven
Carey Island
North Water
Nares
Littetow U
Treeioneetel
Allan Youn
Car Ritter Bay
Kennedy Channel
Water Course Bay
Drs. Harbor
Greely
Lady Frank Yin Bay
Conger
Fort Conger
Lieut. Greely
Perge Woal
Disco Island
Melville Bay
Cape Sabine
Alexander
Robeson Channel
Dr. Hayes
Lockwood
Cape Bryant
Cape Britannia
Markham
Hayes
Franklin Bay
Grinnell
Lockpod
Grinnell Land
Deckwood
Greenland
Lieutenant Greely
Cape Baird
Cape Hawkes
Bates Island
Flocs
Brevoort Island
Arctic Ocean
Esquimaux Point
Baird Inlet
Cape Isabella
Garlington
Cross
North Pole
Mussel Bay
Spitzburgen