A team of scientists, field guides and a descendant of U.S. polar explorer Adolphus Greely set out to retrace the 1881 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition’s perilous attempt to build a scientific research station on Ellesmere Island near the North Pole. Chronicle their modern-day journey by kayak with a historical retelling of the Greely expedition through diary entries, letters and archival photographs.
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Special | 1h 26m 48s | Examine the legacy of the perilous Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in the Arctic. (1h 26m 48s)
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Abandoned in the Arctic is presented by your local public television station.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television