In 1881, First Lieutenant Greely was given command of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, whose purpose was to establish one of a chain of meteorological-observation stations as part of the (first) International Polar Year.
First Lieutenant Greely was given command of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. This was in 1881. The Lady Franklin Bay expedition's purpose was to establish one of a chain of meteorological-observation stations as part of the (first) International Polar Year.