Description
The Greely Arctic Expedition by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. Octavo, soft cover, [2], 19-95, [96], [9]. Maroon paper wrappers, illustrated with title, portrait of Greely. 11 black and white illustrated plates. Wear at edges and some loss. A delicate copy of this scarce account of early polar exploration. A full account of the voyage would also appear in 1886, when Greely wrote “Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition and the Attainment of the Farthest North.”
Comments: This pamphlet was meant to be read as a newspaper, then discarded. It recounts the story of Adolphus Greely on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. After supply trips failed to reach the expedition, the crew was forced to retreat south with inadequate supplies. 19 of the 25 man crew perished. Captain Winfield Scott Schley was able to rescue the remaining crew in 1884.
