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.
You can stream Abandoned in the Arctic on PBS and WETA+.
Abandoned in the Arctic was directed by Gino Del Guercio.
Abandoned in the Arctic runs for 1h 36min, and was released in 2007.
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