CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 DR. KANE'S FAMOUS ARCTIC VOYAGE 277 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 HAYES, HALL AND OTHER HARDY ADVENTURERS 298 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



NORDENSKIOLD AND THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE 318 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 THE HORRORS OF THE "JEANNETTE" EXPEDITION 325 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 MELVILLE FINDS THE REMAINS OF THE BELONG PARTY 339 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 GREELY'S ARCTIC WINTER OF STARVATION 351 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 NANSEN'S MEMORABLE VOYAGE IN THE "FRAM" 369 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 ANDREE'S FATAL FLIGHT NORTHWARD IN A BALLOON 390 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 MODERN VIKINGS IN THE ARCTIC SEAS 402 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 ABRUZZI, THE ROYAL ITALIAN EXPLORER 415 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

 THE PROBLEM OF THE ANTARCTIC ZONE 428 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

 SHACKLETON ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE SOUTH POLE 441 



