CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Aspects of the Arctic Regions. Phenomena. The Arctic Ocean. 

 Earliest Explorers. The Northmen. The Cabots. The Corte- 

 reals. Sir Hugh WUloughby. Frobisher. Sir Humphrey Gil- 

 bert. Davis.-^Barentz. Hudson. Baffin IT 



CHAPTER II. 



Russian Explorations. Deshneff. Expeditions of 1711. Fruitless 

 Efforts. Dapteff. Behring. His Shipwreck and Death. Fate 

 of the Survivors. Schalaroff. Sledge Expedition. Admiral 

 Von Wrangell's Expedition 58 



CHAPTER III. 



Offer of Parliament. Hearne's Journey. Phipps. Nelson. Cook. 

 Mackenzie. Sir John Ross's First Voyage. Buchan and 

 Franklin. Dangerous Situation of the Trent and Dorothea 76 



CHAPTER IV. 



Parry's First Expedition. Icebergs. Passage through Lancaster 

 Sound. Prince Regent's Inlet. Wellington Channel. Mellville 

 Island. Winter Quarters. Scurvy. Snow Blindness. Theatri- 

 cals. Breaking up of the Ice. Return of the Expedition 99 



CHAPTER V. 



Franklin's First Land Expedition. Incidents. Back's Journey. 

 Severity of the Weather. Aurora Borealis. Anecdotes. Survey 

 of the Coast. Return Trip. Sufferings. Murder of Mr. Hood. 

 Deaths. Unexpected Relief. Arrival at York Factory 117 



CHAPTER VI. 



Parry's Second Voyage. Arrival at Hudson's Strait. Repulse 

 Bay. Baffling Navigation. Esquimaux Friends. Arctic Cli- 

 mate. Frozen Up. Amusements. Iligliuk. Lyon's Journey. 

 Snow Huts. Land Excursions. Harbor at Iglooik. Another 



Winter. Parhelia. Return Home. Parry's Third Voyage 131 



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