Polaris tragedy - The “Polaris” and “Congress” at Godhaven, Disco Island, off the coast of Greenland, a wood engraving from Harper’s Weekly, May 1873. USS Congress (left) arrived at Disco Island on August 10, 1871 carrying extra supplies for Charles Francis Hall’s Arctic expedition aboard Polaris, which steamed away on August 17.Polaris tragedy - The “Polaris” and “Congress” at Godhaven, Disco Island, off the coast of Greenland, a wood engraving from Harper’s Weekly, May 1873. USS Congress (left) arrived at Disco Island on August 10, 1871 carrying extra supplies for Charles Francis Hall’s Arctic expedition aboard Polaris, which steamed away on August 17.
Polaris tragedy - The “Polaris” and “Congress” at Godhaven, Disco Island, off the coast of Greenland, a wood engraving from Harper’s Weekly, May 1873. USS Congress (left) arrived at Disco Island on August 10, 1871 carrying extra supplies for Charles Francis Hall’s Arctic expedition aboard Polaris, which steamed away on August 17.