CONTENTS 



OF VOL. I. 



PEELIMINAET. 



PAGE 



\dmiralty Instructions. List of Officers. The 'North Star.' 

 Boat Department. Supplies. Instruments. Azimuth Tables. 

 Library and Printing Press. Ships Unclocked. Leave Wool- 

 wich. Visited by the Admiralty. Quit the Noro .... 1 



CHAPTEE I. 



At Sea. Reach the Orkneys. Stromness. Scarcity of Stock. 

 Departure of the 'Basilisk' and 'Desperate.' Enter Baffin's 

 Bay. Whalefish Islands. Reception by Esquimaux. Licvely. 

 Disasters. Moored at Lievely. Survey of the Port. Quit 

 Lievely. Search for Coal. Quit the Waigat 25 



CHAPTER II. 



Anchor at Upernavik. The Squadron adrift. Dangers nume- 

 rous. Prospects of the Voyage. Browne Islands. Prepara- 

 tion for Flitting. The ' Resolute' nipped. Docking. Blast- 

 ing Ice. Wreck of the ' Regalia.' Meet a Whaler. Irregu- 

 larities of the Crew. Melville Bay. Floe Law. Capture a 

 Bear. Cape York ... 42 



CHAPTER III. 



Native Dogs. Red Snow. Cape Dudley Digges. Game. Cape 

 \Varrender. Beechey Island. Rejoined by Captain Kellett. 

 Cape Riley. Find Pieces of Whale. Parting Ceremonies. 

 Wellington Channel. Queen's Channel. Count Percy. 

 Winter Quarters .... 65 



