and his images capture details of the men's lives in the vast, bleak Arctic landscape. When the party left Fort Conger August 1883 Rice took few more photos.

Fort Conger is a former settlement, military fortification, and scientific research post in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 1881 as an Arctic exploration camp, notable as the ...

After just a few weeks at Fort Conger, tension between Greely and Kislingbury mounted, and Greely ordered Kislingbury's resignation. Kislingbury gathered his belongings and went to board the ...