14 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XX. pie, 



Action of Congress. Expedition in Search of Dr. Kane. Hartstein 

 the Commander. Found. Narrative of Kane. Icebergs. The 

 Meeting. The Resolute. Found by American Whalers. Inter- 

 national Courtesies 521 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Lady Franklin Not Disheartened. Voyage of the Fox. More 

 Relics Discovered. A Record Found. The Mystery Solved. 

 Voyage of Franklin 539 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Death of Dr. E. K. Kane. Dr. Hayes' Expedition. Lectures. De- 

 parture of the United States. A Sublime Sight and a Narrow 

 Escape. Port Foulk. Sledge Traveling to Grinnell Land. 

 Mount Parry and Cape Union. Return 563 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Captain C. F. Hall. Early Interest in Books of Travel and Ad- 

 venture. Becomes Interested in Arctic Exploration. First Ex- 

 pedition. Joe and Hannah. His Return, and Result of his Life 

 in Greenland. Second Expedition. Its Results 563 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



The Polaris Expedition. TheVessel. Outfit. Leaves New York. 

 Highest Latitude ever Attained. Valuable Discoveries. Thank- 

 God Harbor. Sledge Exploration. Hall's Death and Burial. A 

 Gale separates the Polaris from the Party on the Ice-raft 580 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Unparalleled Sufferings and Providential Deliverance. On the 

 Ice. The Field Broken. The Polaris lost to Sight. Efforts to 

 Reach the Shore. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas and New 

 Year's Day. The Long Night Over. The Sun Appears. The 

 Floe Breaks. The Party Scattered. They take to the Boat, and 

 get on a small Floe. No Food, no Light Washed Out. Can- 

 nibalism. A Terrible Night. The Crisis. The Rescue. In 

 Port 607 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



The Polaris Adrift. Beached. Winter House. Two Boats Built. 

 Embarked, and going Southward. The Crisis, and the Rescue. 

 At Dundee and at Washington. Capt. Markham's Discoveries. 639 



