Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition, 1881-1884

by A L Todd

Abandoned, first published in 1961, is the riveting story of the ill-fated Greely Arctic Expedition. Launched in 1881 as part of the International Polar Year, the U.S. stationed a party of twenty-five men on what is today called Ellesmere Island off the northwest coast of Greenland. The volunteer crew was made up of 3 Army officers, 19 enlisted men, a civilian surgeon, and 2 Eskimo hunters. The commander of the group was thirty-seven-year-old...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CSRKZXCQ
• ISBN13: 9798869130495
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Pathfinder Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"