FORT CONGER 



Copyright by Rice 



FARTHEST NORTH WITH GREELY 



By Major DAVID L. BRAINARD, U. S. A. 



jHE Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, or, as it has 

 been popularly termed, the Greely Expedition," 

 was authorized by act of Congress approved 

 March 3, 1881, and to it belonged the honor 

 of having attained a point farther north than 

 ever before had been reached. 



Considering the meager appropriation allowed 

 for this expedition, its limited equipment, and 

 the fact that all the members were without pre- 

 vious experience in work of this kind, the re- 

 sults achieved place it among the most successful, both 

 scientifically and geographically, of all modern Arctic efforts. 



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