Adolphus Washington Greely FRSGS (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major...
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the season. It is named in honor of Major General Adolphus Greely. There was an earlier Fort Greely on Kodiak Island. The camp was established in 1942...
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command of LT Adolphus Greely was to write another grueling chapter of suffering and extinction in the history of the Arctic. Greely's Signal Corps volunteers...
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Greely may refer to: Adolphus Greely (1844–1935), American polar explorer and United States Army officer Ann F. Jarvis Greely (1831–1914), American women's...
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Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (redirect from Greely expedition)
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...
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work of exploration by every means in its power. Joining Walsh were Adolphus Greely, Donaldson Smith, Carl Lumholtz, Marshall Saville, Frederick Dellenbaugh...
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Leycester Marshall, English colonel and entomologist (died 1934) 1844 – Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1935)...
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Franklin Bay Expedition, led by U.S. Army First Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. The fort was named by Greely after U.S. Senator Omar D. Conger, who had supported...
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Uriel Sebree (section Greely Relief Expedition)
later for a second expedition to the Arctic. That mission to rescue Adolphus Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition was a success...
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of the city. Under the command of Funston's superior, Major General Adolphus Greely, Commanding Officer of the Pacific Division, over 4,000 federal troops...
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Gakkel Matvei Gedenschtrom Adrien de Gerlache Johann Georg Gmelin Adolphus Greely Pen Hadow Charles Francis Hall Helmer Hanssen Bernhard Hantzsch Sverre...
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County, Pennsylvania, is named the Admiral Peary Highway Major General Adolphus Greely, leader of the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition from 1881 to...
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Flying Cross for the same transatlantic flight. Major General (Retired) Adolphus Greely was awarded the medal in 1935, on his 91st birthday, "for his life...
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American Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely. Greely Island's area is 127 km2 (49 sq mi) and it is almost completely glacierized. Greely Island is part of the...
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and served in that post until 1881. He commanded one of the failed Adolphus Greely Relief Expeditions in 1883. On December 29, 1890, Garlington was injured...
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Weather Bureau, which at the time was managed by Brigadier General Adolphus Greely. The indications officer (forecaster), Lieutenant Thomas Mayhew Woodruff...
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Bay (on Ellesmere Island, Canada). The expedition, led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, departed in the summer of 1881, and in 1882, a scheduled resupply...
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in 1910. Stefansson, however, preferred the term "Copper Inuit". Adolphus Greely first compiled the sightings recorded in earlier literature of blonde...
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resisted freezing over. The Thule were ancestors of the Inuit. In 1882, Adolphus Greely was the first European to discover the lake during his 1881–1883 expedition...
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re-supply and relief missions repeatedly failed to reach Lieutenant Adolphus Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in the Arctic, Schley was appointed in...
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Dec. 16 Greely was appointed acting chief signal officer Dec. 2, 1886, after Hazen was granted a leave of absence due to poor health. Greely was officially...
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Alberta, and Michigan State University. In 1882 American polar explorer Adolphus Greely was the first European to discover Lake Hazen during his 1881–1883...
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Greenland and Spitsbergen. Experienced polar explorers were dismissive: Adolphus Greely called the idea "an illogical scheme of self-destruction". Equally...
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Girault, 1915 Wasp Alexandre Dumas Eupelmus greelyi Girault, 1915 Wasp Adolphus Greely Eupelmus renani Girault, 1915 Wasp Ernest Renan Eupithecia nabokovi...
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Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, US Army Signal Corps expedition led by Adolphus Greely 1882–1883: The Danish Dijmphna expedition travels to the territory...
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led by Adolphus Greely in 1881 crossed the island from east to west,: 631 establishing Fort Conger in the northern part of the island. The Greely expedition...
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surviving members of the 25-man Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, led by Adolphus Greely, are rescued by Winfield Scott Schley. One more died on the homeward...
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Greenland, later followed by Isaac Israel Hayes, Charles Francis Hall, Adolphus Greely, and Robert E. Peary in turn as they drove toward the North Pole. Kane...
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(although there was already a group of people known by that name) . Adolphus Greely in 1912 first compiled the sightings recorded in earlier literature...
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