12 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



Lyon's Voyage. Beechey's Expedition. Franklin's Second Land 

 Expedition. Fort Franklin. Winter at Great Bear Lake. Em- 

 barkation. Separation of the Party. Progress of Franklin's 

 Division. Attack by Esquimaux. Return to Fort Franklin. 

 Richardson's Division. Second Winter at the Fort 15 . 



CHAPTEK VIII. 



Scoresby's Discoveries. Clavering. Parry's Polar Voyage. Rein- 

 deer. Hecla Cove. Boat and Sledge Expedition. Night Travel- 

 ing. Hummocks. Softening of the Ice. Highest Point Reached. 

 Polar Bea.r. Return to the Ship. Homeward Bound 166 



CHAPTEE IX. 



Ross's Second Voyage. Holsteinborg. Disco Island. Lancaster 

 Sound. Boothia. Discovery of the Fury's Stores. Dangerous 

 Navigation. Preparations for Wintering. Excursion. Second 

 Winter in the Ice. MagneticPole. Third and Fourth Winter. 

 Abandonment of the Victory. Meeting with a "Whaler 188 



CHAPTEE X. 



Back's Land Expedition. Arrival at Fort William. Anecdote of a 

 Canoe Party. Franklin. Scenery. Ascent of Rivers. Winter 

 Quarters. News of Ross's Safety. Polar Sea. Return to Eng- 

 land. Back's Voyage in the Terror. Remarkable Perils among 

 the Ice. Homeward Bound. Dease and Simpson's Discoveries.. 213 



CHAPTEE XI. 



Rae's Land Expedition. Shores of Hudson's Bay. Esquimaux 

 Canoes. Repulse Bay. Snow-houses. Return. Renewed In- 

 terest in the Discovery of a North-west Passage. The Erebus and 

 Terror. Sir John Franklin's Last Voyage. Mystery of his Fate. 247 



CHAPTEE XII. 



Anxiety in Regard to Franklin Three Expeditions of Search. 

 Kellett and Moore's Expedition by Behrings Strait. Its Return. 

 Richardson's and Rae's Land Explorations. Ross's Expedition 

 by Lancaster Sound. The Explorers Return Unsuccessful. 

 Lieut. Pullen Ascends the Mackenzie. Return to the Arctic Sea 

 and Back. The Season of 1850. Pullen's Arrival in England.... 261 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



Opinions in Regard to the Fate of Franklin. Climate. Rewards 

 Offered. Renewed Searches. Collinson andM'Clure. Rae'e In- 

 structions. Other Expeditions. Grinnell's Expedition. Meet- 

 ing in the Arctic Seas. Traces of Franklin. Graves. Sledging 

 Parties. Return Home 292 



