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ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON GREELY, whose death was recently announced, was born in Massachusetts in 1844, and in 1867 joined the Signal Corps of the regular army. In 1881 he was placed in command of the United States expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Smith Sound, which was one of the two American circumpolar stations in connexion with the first International Polar Year. Greely and twenty-five officers and non-commissioned ‘ officers of the United States Army, with two Eskimos, were landed at Lady Franklin Bay on August 18, 1881, and a station, named Fort Conger, was erected. The ship then departed, her commander intending to return the following summer and not expecting any difficulty in again reaching the station. Admiral Nares had taken the Alert farther north, off the same coast, in 1875; but these ice-infested channels are seldom navigable, as the British expedition organised by Shackleton's younger son found only last year. Scientific observations were begun, and much game, especially musk-oxen, was seen. Some of these cattle were shot, and eaten during the winter.
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H., J. General A. W. Greely. Nature 136, 746 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136746a0
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