CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE JEANNETTE AND HER CREW VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN. 



pA.es. 



The Pandora bought, renamed, and fitted out Officers and Crew 



Departure from San Francisco Anequin and Alexai Arrival 

 at Northeastern Siberia Good-bye to Civilization Last tidings 

 of the Jcanuette ................... 17 



CHAPTER II. 



A SEARCH FOR MISSINC WHALERS AND THE JEANNETTE. 



The Mt. Woolaston and Vigilant, Reminiscence of Captain 



Sailing of the Corwin Indian Village at St. Michaels Bear- 

 hunters of Alaska The starved Islanders Deserted Villages - 

 Capture of whisky-trading schooners Cruise in Arctic waters 

 Interesting incidents The northern pack and its fatal drift. . . '38 



CHAPTER III. 



SEARCHES FOR THE JEANNETTE SECOND CRUISE OF THE CORWIN. 



Search Expeditions of 1881 -- The .Icannette Relief-Board The Cor- 

 win starts north Landing of search party on Siberian coast 

 Fate of the lost whalers discovered Exploration of Herald 

 Island Professor Muir's narrative Landing on Wrangel Island 

 -Wreck of the Webster The Golden Fleece and Ray's Expedi- 

 tion Excursion to the Reindeer Chukches The Diomedes An 

 Esquimaux Long Branch No traces of the missing explorers. . . 39 



CHAPTER IV. 



SEARCHES FOR THE JEANNETTE CRUISE OF THE RODGERS. 



The Mary and Helen renamed the Rodgers Officers and crew 

 Departure from San Francisco The 180th Meridian Description 

 of the Bay of Avatcha, Petropavolvsk, and Commander's Island - 

 Slaughter of sea-bears at Copper Island Voyage to Cape Serdze 

 -Visit to a Ckukcke village Wrangel Island explored An ex- 

 citing bear-hunt Waring's adventures Putnam's winter camp 

 The Rodgers goes into winter quarters in St. Lawrence Bay. . . 54 



CO' 



