The Polaris Expedition to the North Pole was led by Charles Francis Hall. The
expedition failed to reach its destination after Hall died from a supposed
poisoning. On the ship's return it was caught on some ice. The damaged ship ended up
in Greenland and nineteen members of the crew were separated from the ship. The ship
and the remaining crew members were stranded for eight months before being rescued
by the U.S.S. Tigress in May 1873.
