American Experience

The Greely Expedition

Directed by Rob Rapley
TV-PG
S23 • E7    Jan 30, 2011    55m
In 1881, 25 men led by Adolphus Greely set sail from Newfoundland to 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 as a "sheer blank." Three years later, only six survivors returned, with a daunting story of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny and cannibalism. The film reveals how poor planning, personality clashes, questionable decisions and pure bad luck conspired to turn a noble scientific mission into a human tragedy.

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Cast of The Greely Expedition

  • Michael MurphyGuest Star
  • Rob RapleyDirector / Writer

 

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