Adventurer, Explorer. He was a member of the Greely expedition to the North Pole which set out from Newfoundland in 1881. Due to governmental bungling (everybody though somebody else was doing it), no supply ships reached the party to replenish food, water and other essential supplies. Despite these hardships, the party managed to survive for over three years, carry out essential scientific research and reach 83'14", the furthest point north ever reached at that point in history. Kislingbury was a principal food hunter due to his expert marksmanship. The Greely expedition survivors were rescued just three weeks after Kislingbury's death from starvation at the age of 38. The bodies of the dead were returned to their families in sealed caskets, with instructions not to open them. Rumours began to circulate about exactly how these men had managed to survive without food for so long. Lt. Kislingbury's ravaged remains were disinterred and autopsied, which confirmed the desperate and tragic lengths to which the survivors stooped to prolong their lives in the hope of rescue. 18 of the 25 men on the expedition died; no doubt the death toll would have been even higher if not for Lt. Kislingbury.
Adventurer, Explorer. He was a member of the Greely expedition to the North Pole which set out from Newfoundland in 1881. Due to governmental bungling (everybody though somebody else was doing it), no supply ships reached the party to replenish food, water and other essential supplies. Despite these hardships, the party managed to survive for over three years, carry out essential scientific research and reach 83'14", the furthest point north ever reached at that point in history. Kislingbury was a principal food hunter due to his expert marksmanship. The Greely expedition survivors were rescued just three weeks after Kislingbury's death from starvation at the age of 38. The bodies of the dead were returned to their families in sealed caskets, with instructions not to open them. Rumours began to circulate about exactly how these men had managed to survive without food for so long. Lt. Kislingbury's ravaged remains were disinterred and autopsied, which confirmed the desperate and tragic lengths to which the survivors stooped to prolong their lives in the hope of rescue. 18 of the 25 men on the expedition died; no doubt the death toll would have been even higher if not for Lt. Kislingbury.
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