The Greely expedition [videorecording (DVD)] / written, produced, and directed by Rob Rapley.

The Greely expedition [videorecording (DVD)] / written, produced, and directed by Rob Rapley.

Publication Date
2011

Publication Information
[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation: PBS,

Edition
Widescreen.

Physical Description
1 videodisc (60 min.)

Subject Term
Shipwreck survival -- Arctic regions -- History.
 
Historical television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Geographic Term
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
 
Arctic Ocean.

Additional Contributors
Murphy, Michael, 1938- ,
 
Rapley, Rob.

Performer
Narrator: Michael Murphy.

Summary
In 1881, 25 men led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely sailed from the harbor of St. John's, Newfoundland. Their destination was Lady Franklin Bay in the high Arctic, where they planned to collect a wealth of scientific data from a vast area of the world's surface that had been described by a British admiral as a 'sheer blank.' Three years later, only six survivors returned, with a daunting story of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny, and cannibalism.

Language
English

ISBN
9781608833962

General Note
DVD.
 
Contains some Newfoundland content.


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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic NL DVDAdult Non-Fiction NL DVD919.8 G81Checked In
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St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA)Adult NFic NL DVDAdult Non-Fiction NL DVD919.8 G81Checked In