The Schuylkill County Historical Society will present “The Greely Expedition: A Pottsville Man’s Journey to the Arctic and Disaster” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at its building at 305 N. Centre St., Pottsville.

Historian Stu Richards will tell the story of Ralph Ellison’s experience in the 1881 expedition that led to a life-or-death struggle and alleged cannibalism.

For admission fees and other information, call the society at 570-622-7540.