"Farthest North" by Charles Lanman (1819-1895) tells the life story of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood with focus on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, also known as the Greely Arctic Expedition. James Booth Lockwood (October 9, 1852 April 9, 1884) was an American arctic explorer, who led a sledging party on and died during the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.

Charles Lanman (1819-1895)