Note (from Leaf 17): A.W. Greely's Arctic Expedition of 1881 was lost in the far North for three years as the relief ships failed to reach them. Letters written to be taken home by the relief ships had to be left behind as they made their struggling way southward. Finally rescued in 1884 only Greely and six others were found alive. Not until 1899 did Lieut. Peary recover the letters from the snow buried hut at Fort Conger.