Abandoned in the Arctic
Overview
A team of scientists, field guides and a descendant of U.S. polar explorer Adolphus Greely set out to retrace the 1881 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition’s perilous attempt to build a scientific research station on Ellesmere Island near the North Pole. Chronicle their modern-day journey by kayak with a historical retelling of the Greely expedition through diary entries, letters and archival photographs.
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Stephen Smith
Himself
Bob Saunders
Himself
Julia Szucs
Herself
Robson Moser
Himself
Scott Simper
Himself
James Shedd
Himself
Tom Stere
Himself
Cedric Smith
Narrator
John McClain
Adolphus Greely
Brian Pkatt
Frederick Kislingbury
Glenn Gaud
Brian Brainard
Thomas Keating
Charles Henry
Charles Hughes
Inuit hunter
William Sadler
Adolphus Greely (voice)
Portland Helmich
Henrietta Greely (voice)
Stephen Thorn
Pavy and Lockwood (voices)
Steve Cooper
Rice (voice)
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