Abandoned in the Arctic

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.

• Gino Del GuercioDirector

• Stephen SmithHimself
• Bob SaundersHimself
• Julia SzucsHerself
• Robson MoserHimself
• Scott SimperHimself
• James SheddHimself
• Tom StereHimself
• Cedric SmithNarrator
• John McClainAdolphus Greely
• Brian PkattFrederick Kislingbury
• Glenn GaudBrian Brainard
• Thomas KeatingCharles Henry