The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . urveying,telegraphy and with a longing for adven-ture, and desiring to add to his knowledge byiuvestigations in hitherto unknown fields, he joined theexpedition
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . urveying,telegraphy and with a longing for adven-ture, and desiring to add to his knowledge byiuvestigations in hitherto unknown fields, he joined theexpedition sent into the arctic regions by the UnitedStates government under Lieut. Greely, and became second in command. To him, by reason ofhis position, was entrusted the most important fieldwork of the expedition; also the labor of assisting inthe magnetic observations. In preliminary sledgingand observations he was often several days at atime away from home, and in one case was in thefield for twenty-two days, during which time thesun did not appear above the horizon. In March,1883, he ciossed Robeson channel to Newman baywith his dog-sledge, while the thermometer rangedfrom 30° to 55° below zero. On Apr. 8, 1883, he setout with Sergt. Brainard on a journey that fixeshis fame as an arctic explorer. With eight menthe two reached Cape Bryant on the north coast, andon May 1st sent back to tiieir arctic camp all the.
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