American experience. The Greely expedition
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Murphy, Michael, 1938-
Rapley, Rob screenwriter,
Apograph Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Published
[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation :, [2011].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 998 Ame
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Published
[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation :, [2011].
Language
English
UPC
841887013994

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Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Tim Cragg ; editor, Bruce Shaw ; music, Joel Goodman.
Participants/Performers
Narrator: Michael Murphy.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast as an episode of "American experience" on PBS.
Description
In 1881, 25 men led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely sailed from the harbor of St. John's, Newfoundland. Their destination was 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 by a British admiral as a 'sheer blank.' Three years later, only six survivors returned, with a daunting story of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny, and cannibalism.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 Surround; widescreen.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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LC Subjects
Arctic Ocean -- Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Documentary television programs.
Greely, A. W. -- (Adolphus Washington), -- 1844-1935 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Historical television programs.
Lady Franklin Bay Expedition -- (1881-1884)
Nonfiction television programs.
Shipwreck survival -- Arctic regions -- History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.