LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



"DONE UP" . . . . Frontispiece 



From Nansen's first Crossing of Greenland (Longmans) 



TO FACE PAGE 



THE SUMMIT OF ORAEFA . . . ... 2 



From a photograph 



COLUMBUS ..... .4 



From the portrait at Versailles 



SAMOYEDS AND THEIR DWELLINGS . . .10 



From Hartwig's Polar World (Longmans) 



FRANZ JOSEF FIORD . . . ... 14 



From a drawing by Lieutenant Julius Payer 



WHALERS AMONG ICEBERGS . . ... 30 



From Hartwig's Polar World (Longmans) 



SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . . . . .34 



From Le Tour du Monde, 1860 (Hachette) 



TRACK OF H.M.S. "DOROTHEA"' AND "TRENT" . 36 



From A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Skips 

 "Dorothea" and " Trent," under the command of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818, 

 by Capt. F. W. Beechey, R.N., F.R.S. (Richard Bentley, 1843.) 



PARRY CAMPED ON THE ICE . . ... 40 



From Captain Parry's Narrative, 1828 (Murray) 



PARRY'S BOATS AMONG THE HUMJIOCKS . 42 



From Captain Parry's Narrative, 1828 (Murray) 



HOW OUR SHIP STUCK FAST IN THE IcE . . 50 



From A True Description, by Gerrit de Veer (Hakluyt Society, 1853) 



HOW WE NEARLY GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH THE SEA-HORSES . 56 



From A True Description, by Gerrit de Veer (Hakluyt Society, 1853) 



ADOLF ERIK NORDENSKIOLD . . ... 90 



From a photograph 



FRIDTJOF NANSEN . . . ... 96 



With autograph. From a photograph supplied by himself 



REINDEER . . . . ... 112 



By permission. From Short Stalks, by Edward Buxton (Stanford) 

 SAMOYED MAN . . . . ... 114 



From Seebohm's Siberia in Asia (Murray) 



