Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
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title:
Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
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The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 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 s
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Polar expedition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Franklin_Bay_Expedition
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2024-02-27T16:22:10Z
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