Rescue Ship Makes Horrifying Discovery

Summary by Krater

This video recounts the harrowing story of the Greely Arctic Expedition of 1881, detailing the freezing conditions, starvation, and political failures that led to the deaths of most of the crew members.

From the video

Answers: What was the Greely Expedition and what happened to them?

• Arctic exploration
• Greely Expedition
• Fort Conger
• Cape Sabine
• Survival in extreme conditions
• Historical disasters

What it concludes

• The Greely Expedition reached a new world record for the farthest north at 83 degrees 23 minutes 8 seconds.
• The expedition's relief ships failed to reach them in time, forcing the crew to endure extreme starvation and hardship at Cape Sabine.
• Post-mortem examinations revealed that Lieutenant Kislingbury's body showed unmistakable signs of being sliced open with a knife, contradicting survivor accounts of cannibalism avoidance.