Abandoned in the Arctic

Plot

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.

Cast

Stephen Smith

Himself

Bob Saunders

Himself

Julia Szucs

Herself

Robson Moser

Himself

Scott Simper

Himself

James Shedd

Himself

Tom Stere

Himself

Cedric Smith

Narrator

John McClain

Adolphus Greely

Brian Pkatt

Frederick Kislingbury

Glenn Gaud

Brian Brainard

Thomas Keating

Charles Henry

Charles Hughes

Inuit hunter

William Sadler

Adolphus Greely (voice)

Portland Helmich

Henrietta Greely (voice)