The Greely expedition
2011
DVD
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.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781608833962
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: CHVR: NR.
Other Title: American experience. The Greely expedition [DVD]
Notes:
- Title from container.
- "A story of shipwreck, starvation, and mutiny in the Arctic"--Container.
- Director of photography, Tim Cragg ; editor, Bruce Shaw ; music, Joel Goodman.
- Narrator: Michael Murphy.
- Originally broadcast as an episode of "American experience" on PBS.
- DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 Surround; widescreen presentation.
- For private home use only.
- Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Publisher or Distributor Number: AMX 62303
Control Number: 793564
UPC: 841887013994
Publisher: [United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2011]Series:
Subjects:
- Arctic Ocean -- Discovery and exploration.
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
- Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
- Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)
- Shipwreck survival -- Arctic regions -- History.
Genre: Video recordings.
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