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Bear and Thetis Rescue of Greely Ends historic Arctic saga
Savage ice battles near Cape Sabine yield a flag raising by Greely survivors. Bear and Thetis return with bodies and live men. Greely and Brigadier General Brainard survive. Coast Guard later reflects on Bear’s half century of Arctic service and reindeer trade roots in Alaska.
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John Dickinson Sherman
United States
Bear
Thetis
Baffin’s Bay
Ivigtut
Greenland
Indian Harbor
Labrador
Greely
Grinnell’s Land
Cape Sabine
A. W. Greely
Brainard
United States Coast Guard
Greenock
Scotland
Revenue Cutter Service
Coast Guard
Alaska
Life Saving Service
Treasury Department
Navy Department
William E. Reynolds
Frederick C. Billard
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
New London
Conn
Customs Revenue
Arctic
Cochran
Billard
Golden Gate
Unalaska
Nome
Alaskan
Sitka
Point Barrow
Hamlet
Aleutian Islands
Lake Superior
New Mexico
California
Bering Sea Patrol
Coast Guard Service
McKinley
Francis Tuttle
Nelson Island
D. H. Jarvis
E. D. Bertholf
J. Call
Karluck
Wrangel Island
Siberian
Hooper
Canada
Stefansson
Russia
Congress
Oregon
Washington
Bering Strait
Commercce
Father Time
California National Parks