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3 unusual facts about Lady Franklin Bay Expedition


Henry Hayes Lockwood

James would later go on to participate in and perish on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1884.

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition

In 1883, new rescue attempts of the Proteus, commanded by Lt. Ernest Garlington and the Yantic, commanded by Cdr.

In 1884, Secretary of the Navy, William E. Chandler, was credited with planning the ensuing rescue effort, commanded by Cdr.


William E. Chandler

He took charge in 1883 in planning for the rescue of Lt. Adolphus Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.


see also

Rice Strait

The strait is named after Sergeant George W. Rice (born 29 June 1855 in Baddeck, Nova Scotia), who was the photographer on Adolphus Greely's ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, and also a correspondent with the New York Herald.