The Greely Expedition crew. National Archives. This group photo of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition team was taken in 1881 before departure for the Arctic to gather scientific data. Led by ...

Greely, The Explorers Club's first president. It depicts Greely's 1881 expedition to the Arctic, during which ice stranded the explorers for several years (18 of the 24 crew members had died of ...

The prizes are preserved peaches, tobacco and rum. The expedition team spends its first winter in the far North. Greely's men grow restless from inactivity despite their leader's strict discipline.