The Outpost of the Lost: An Arctic Adventure

By David L. Brainard and Geoffrey E. Clark

The sixth book in Skyhorse's Explorers Club classics series. Other titles in the series include The Worst Journey in the World (9781510707566), A Journey for the Ages (9781510707559), Famous First Flights99781510711068), With Lawrence in Arabia (9781510715721), and Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions (9781510723856).

The Explorers Club is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Previous members include great names such as Theodore Roosevelt, John Glenn, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Includes a foreword by Geoffrey E. Clark, president of Cocked Hat Ventures, a documentary film venture.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Release date: Jul 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781510735224

David L. Brainard

David L. Brainard was an American arctic explorer and soldier. He is best known for serving as first sergeant under Adolphus Greely on the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay expedition. He was one of only six crew members to survive. His two memoirs, Outpost of the Lost and Six Came Back, are based on this experience. Brainard passed away in 1946 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.