Greely Arctic Expedition | The Longest Winter | 3
Podcast: American History TellersPublished On: Wed Nov 11 2026
Description: By the fall of 1883, Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his team had abandoned the safety of their fort on the shores of Lady Franklin Bay and begun a treacherous journey roughly 250 miles south down Ellesmere Island’s coast to Cape Sabine. There, Greely hoped a relief ship would be waiting for them. Failing that, he expected there to be caches of supplies that had been left to help his team survive the winter. But after weeks of navigating through dangerous ice floes, the men arrived at their destination only to face the crushing realization that they would have to endure another long Arctic winter with only minimal food and shelter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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