THE WHITE WORLD 



Lieutenant (now General) Adolphus W. Greely, U. S. 

 Army, was assigned to the command of the expedition, and 

 with him were associated Lieutenant F. F. Kislingbury, 

 Eleventh U. S. Infantry, Lieutenant J. B. Lockwood, 

 Twenty-third U. S. Infantry, and Dr. Octave Pavy, together 

 with twenty-one enlisted men of the army — all of whom 

 had been selected with an eye to their fitness for the arduous 

 work of Arctic exploration, from among the troops stationed 

 at the military posts on the extreme Northwestern frontier. 



The party rendezvoused at St. John's, Newfoundland, 

 and on July 7, 1881, steamed northward on the S. S. 

 " Proteus," reaching Godhaven, Greenland, July 16. At 

 Upernavik, two Eskimo — Jens Edward and Frederik Thor- 

 lip Christiansen — from Proven, were engaged as hunters 

 and dog drivers. 



Leaving Upernavik on July 29, the "Proteus" pro- 

 ceeded northward, and on the 12th of August dropped 

 anchor in Discovery Harbor, Lady Franklin Bay, latitude 

 81 ° 44' N.; longitude 64 45' W. The stores were imme- 

 diately disembarked and the vessel was ordered back to 

 St. John's. In the meantime Lieutenant Greely had been 

 busy superintending the erection of the frame house that 

 we had brought with us, and by August 31, the work was 

 sufficiently advanced to permit us to occupy our new 

 quarters. Small hunting and exploring parties were then 

 dispatched in various directions for the purpose of ascer- 

 taining something of the conformation and resources of the 

 country, and, if possible, to obtain information concerning 

 the condition of the caches of provisions which had been 

 left by the Nares expedition of 1875. After much hard 

 labor, involving no little suffering, numerous musk-oxen 

 were killed, thus insuring us a supply of fresh meat for 

 many months, and several depots of provisions were placed 

 at points convenient for the work of exploration the fol- 

 lowing year. After this had been accomplished, the party 

 settled down to spend its first winter at Fort Conger, as our 

 station had been named by Lieutenant Greely, in honor of 

 Senator Conger, of Michigan. 



The winter was passed pleasantly, the return of the sun 

 finding us busy with the details of field equipment for 

 spring traveling. During the long Arctic night, the pro- 



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