Bibliograph

The outpost of the lost, an Arctic adventure, by David L. Brainard ; foreword by Geoffrey E. Clark

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The outpost of the lost, an Arctic adventure, by David L. Brainard ; foreword by Geoffrey E. Clark

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The outpost of the lost

Oclc number

996783358

Responsibility statement

by David L. Brainard ; foreword by Geoffrey E. Clark

Sub title

an Arctic adventure

Summary

"In the summer of 1881, Lt. Adolphus Greely of the Fifth United States Cavalry and a crew of twenty-one men set out on the Proteus to explore the then relatively-unknown Arctic Circle. The crew of the Proteus will instead forever be remembered for the catastrophe that they encountered, one that yielded few survivors. After a relatively calm first year in the Arctic, the members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition grew increasingly desperate as ships carrying essential supplies--food, clothing, and building materials, among other items--failed to reach them due to increasingly perilous conditions. Slowly but surely the harsh weather and low supplies decimated the crew, as one by one they succumbed to the merciless Arctic"--, Provided by publisher

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