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Adolphus Washington Greely FRSGS (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Adolphus Washington Greely (Newburyport, 27 marzo 1844 – Washington, 20 ottobre 1935) è stato un esploratore statunitense. Nel 1881 organizzò una spedizione alla baia di Lady Franklin per posizionare una stazione di rifornimento sul canale di Robeson .
Adolphus Washington Greely (born March 27, 1844, Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 20, 1935, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Army officer whose scientific expedition to the Arctic resulted in the exploration of a considerable amount of terrain on Ellesmere Island, Canada, and on coastal Greenland, where he also set a contemporary ...
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The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 (a.k.a. the Greely Expedition) to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps.
Adolphus Greely was the commanding officer of the doomed Lady Franklin Bay Expedition from 1881-1884. Born on March 27, 1844 in Newburyport, MA, he joined the United States Army at the age of...
Hazen selected Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, 37, a career Army officer, model anal-retentive personality, and enthusiastic volunteer, to command the eastern American station. Neither Greely nor any of his men had ever been in the Arctic. The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition was an exercise in austerity.
28 feb 2015 · A man of eclectic talents and persuasions, Alolphus Washington Greely (1844-1935) was one of the most ambitious figures of his day. Though primarily remembered for his famous North Pole expedition, Greely’s colorful career also included service in the Union army during the Civil War and, later, as commander of the U.S. Army’s Pacific Division.
