Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-1884 - Paperback
by Alden Todd
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Alaska PressISBN-13:9781889963297ISBN-10:1889963291UPC:9781889963297Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Polar Regions, Expeditions & Discoveries, ModernBook Topic:19th CenturySize:4.79 x 10.35 x 1.03 inchesWeight:1.4815Product ID:SCZCGMTPRT
Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-1884
Launched as part of the United States participation in the first International Polar Year, the Greely Arctic Expedition sent twenty-five volunteers to Ellesmere Island off the northwest coast of Greenland. The crew was commanded by Adolphus W. Greely, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army's Signal Corps. The ship sent to resupply them in the summer of 1882 was forced to turn back before reaching the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Alaska PressISBN-13:9781889963297ISBN-10:1889963291UPC:9781889963297Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Polar Regions, Expeditions & Discoveries, ModernBook Topic:19th CenturySize:4.79 x 10.35 x 1.03 inchesWeight:1.4815Product ID:SCZCGMTPRT
Alden Todd, now a resident of Anchorage, Alaska, was born in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Swarthmore College, he has been a school and university teacher, shipyard machinist, parachute infantryman, and news reporter before he turned to freelance writing.
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