The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, roughly ten years after Bradford's photographic book, is an excellent example of the other extreme of the polar regions. The expedition, under the aegis of the International Polar Year program, traveled to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island and there nearly froze and starved to death. Problems with discipline on the expedition caused the commander to order the execution of a crewman for stealing food, the only man known to be executed on a polar expedition. A week later, the survivors were rescued. David Brainard's diary and A. W. Greely's execution order attest to the terrible conditions under which the expedition foundered.

This item can be found in the Stefansson Polar Collection, within Call No. Stef Mss 64.

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