American Experience
Season 23 Episode 7 - The Greely Expedition
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
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.
Episodes in Season 23
1
God in America (Parts 1–2)
55 min
2
God in America (Parts 3-4)
55 min
3
God in America (Parts 5-6)
55 min
4
Robert E. Lee
55 min
5
Dinosaur Wars
55 min
6
Panama Canal
55 min
7
The Greely Expedition
55 min
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8
Triangle Fire
55 min
9
The Great Famine
55 min
10
Stonewall Uprising
55 min
11
Soundtrack for a Revolution
55 min
12
Freedom Riders
55 min
