Proceedings of the "Proteus" Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883

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Author: United States. War Department. Proteus Court of Inquiry Year: 1884 Publisher: Government Printing Office Place: Washington, DC Description: [2]+[1]-310+[1]-265 pages with 6 folding maps, 7 photo-lithographs on 4 plates and appendix containing correspondence relating to the Lady Franklin bay expedition, 1881 and index-83. Royal octavo (9 1/2" s 6 1/4") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Senate Executive Document 100, 48th Congress, 1st Session. First edition. The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 (a.k.a. the Greely Expedition) to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps. Its purpose was to establish a meteorological-observation station as part of the First International Polar Year, and to collect astronomical and magnetic data. During the expedition, two members of the crew reached a new Farthest North record, but of the original twenty-five men, only seven survived to return. The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition was led by Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely of the Fifth United States Cavalry, with astronomer Edward Israel and photographer George W. Rice among the crew of twenty-one officers and men. They sailed on the ship Proteus and reached St. John's, Newfoundland, in early July 1881. Proteus arrived without problems at Lady Franklin Bay by August 11, dropped off men and provisions, and le

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