Report of Winfield S. Schley, Commander, U.S. Navy, commanding Greely relief expedition of 1884

U. S. Navy Dept. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887.
  • 1881-84 International Physical Year US Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay (led by Adolphus Greely); 1884 Greely Relief Expedition of 1883 (Commander Winfield S. Schley).
  • Arctic Reading: United States
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With its extremely detailed accounting of the provisioning of this expedition, the report lists books ordered for the journey on March 1, 1884, for each of the three ships (Alert, Thetis, and Bear) as follows: