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THBGreely Expedition, Photograph Signed by One of the Survivors
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Albumen photograph of five men, 5 x 7 in., on 8 x 10 in. mount. Below printed image: Copyright August, 1884, by A.W. Anderson. On cardboard mount, lower right corner, signed Julius R. Frederick.
In 1881 the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (International Polar Expedition) was undertaken to set up a meteorological station as part of the First International Polar Year and to collect astronomical and polar magnetic data. The expedition was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely (5th US Cavalry) and consisted of 21 officers and men. They picked up four others, including a physician and a scientist who remained from the previous year's expedition (Howgate).
The relief expeditions planned the next two years were unable to reach the expedition because of weather conditions. In desperate need of supplies, Greely took his crew and headed south to Cape Sabine, but the second year's relief did not make it that far north. Greely did not get very far south.
By 1884, a larger expedition was organized to rescue the men. Four ships made it to Greely's camp, but, unfortunately, only seven men had survived the winter. They were: Henry Biederbick, David Brainard, Maurice Connell, Joseph Elison, Julius Frederick (pictured here), Adolphus Greely, and Francis Long. Elison died on the return voyage.
Greely was hailed as a hero, although allegations of cannibalism later marred the honors. However, the seven survivors were so weak that their survival was initially uncertain (and, as mentioned, one did not). They should not have been in that poor condition had they actually eaten the other 19. The physician suggested that the men probably would not have lived another 48 hours. There was probably no foundation to the rumors.
Very good. Removed from frame for photography, then re-framed.Condition
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