Lady Franklin Bay Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lady_Franklin_Bay_Expedition
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Greely_Expedition
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Fort_Conger
gptkbp:causeOfDeaths gptkb:scurvy
starvation
exposure
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1884
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:U.S._Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Adolphus_Greely
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ellesmere_Island
gptkb:Lady_Franklin_Bay
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lady_Jane_Franklin
gptkbp:notableAchievement scientific research
farthest north record at the time
gptkbp:notableEvent high mortality rate
rescue in 1884
gptkbp:notableFinds Discovery of new land north of Greenland
Mapping of Ellesmere Island
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:David_L._Brainard
gptkb:James_Booth_Lockwood
gptkb:Adolphus_Greely
gptkbp:notablePublication Three Years of Arctic Service (by Greely)
gptkbp:notableRecording Lockwood reached 83°24′N
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Fort_Conger
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:David_L._Brainard
gptkb:Francis_Long
gptkb:George_W._Rice
gptkb:Henry_Biederbick
gptkb:Julius_R._Frederick
gptkb:Maurice_Connell
gptkb:Adolphus_Greely
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 25
gptkbp:objective scientific research
meteorological observations
exploration of northern Greenland
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:First_International_Polar_Year
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:International_Polar_Year
gptkb:Franklin_Expedition
gptkbp:rescuedBy gptkb:USS_Alert
gptkb:USS_Bear
gptkb:USS_Thetis
gptkbp:result 19 of 25 members died
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:United_States_Army_Signal_Corps
gptkbp:startDate 1881
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adolphus_Greely
gptkb:Lady_Franklin_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6