American Experience Season 23 Episode 7 The Greely Expedition 2010
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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.
- Released: 2011-01-31
- Runtime: 55 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Cameo George
- Source: CWR-CRB
