W.Greely, U.S.A., to establish at Lady Franklin Bay the American circumpolar station (1881).

Greely during the two years at Fort Conger carried on extensive explorations of Ellesmere Land and the Greenland coast, and by the assistance of his two lieutenants, Lockwood and Brainard, wrested from Great Britain the record which she had held for 300 years.

Greely's mark was 83 deg.

24', which bettered the British by four miles.

As the relief ship, promised for 1883, failed to reach him or to land supplies at the prearranged point south of Fort Conger, the winter of 1883-84 was passed in great misery and horror.