Henry Grier Bryant

[2] Bryant worked for several years for the Edison Electric Light Company, but spent much of his free time travelling in the western United States.

After Peary and his crew had not returned as expected, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences organized a relief expedition led by Angelo Heilprin, with Bryant as second-in-command.

Bryant served on the auxiliary crew, which traveled north from St. John's, Newfoundland, to bring the main party home, which they successfully accomplished.

[5] Bryant ventured south in 1904, visiting Popocatépetl, a Mexican volcano, but returned to the north in 1907, when he crossed the Malaspina Glacier, but was unsuccessful in summiting Mount Saint Elias.

[5] His mountaineering later took him to other peaks across the globe, including Mount Nantai in Japan, Pidurutalagala in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

The Philadelphia Geographical Society later established a gold medal in his honor, which has been awarded to John Oliver La Gorce in 1948 and Rachel Carson in 1952, among others.