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Arctic Hero Brainard Receives Honor From Polar Society
Brig. Gen. L L Brainard U S A retired oldest living polar explorer and survivor of the 1881 84 Greely expedition was named the American Polar Society's first honorary member on his eighty eighth birthday. The scroll celebrated his role in aiding the 1822 Greenland farthest north advance and his long career from Army sergeant to general marked by notable Arctic service and medals.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Arctic
Antarctic
Wid L. Brainard
A. W. Greely
Lady Franklin Bay
American Polar Society
James B. Lockwood
Brainard
Greenland
Nansen
Arctic Sea
Norway
Little Muddy Creek
Montana
Nelson A. Miles
Deer
United States Army
Hamburg
Germany
Berne
Switzerland
United States
Thetis
Sergeant Brainard
Bobbs-Merrill
Proteus
Medford
Kislingbury
Lockwood
Greely
Norman
Colwell
Cleveland
Second Cavalry
National Army
Regular Army
Bom Geographical Society
Fee? Geographical Society
Charles P. Daly
Raed Bisinara Club
New York
Ciry
Ican
Union