CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Plan of the Expedition. — First Announcement. — Appeal to Scien- 

 tific Societies. — Aid solicited. — Public Lectures. — Liberality of 

 various Societies and Individuals. — Vessel purchased in Boston. — 

 Interest manifested in that City. — Difficulty in obtaining a proper 

 Crew. — Organization of the Party. — Scientific Outfit. — Abun- 

 dant Supplies •! 



CHAPTER I. 



Leaving Boston. — At Anchor in Nantasket Roads. — At Sea IS 



CHAPTER II. 



Passage to the Greenland Coast. — Discipline. — The Decks at Sea. 

 — Our Quarters. — The First Iceberg. — Crossing the Arctic Cir- 

 cle. — The Midnight Sun. — The Endless Day. — Making the 

 Land. — A Remarkable Scene among the Bergs. — At Anchor in 

 Proven Harbor 16 



CHAPTER in. 



The Colony of Proven. — The Kayak of the Greenlander. — Scarcity 

 of Docjs. — Liberality of the Chief Trader. — Arctic Flora 28 



CHAPTER IV. 



Upernavik. — Hospitality of the Inhabitants. — Death and Burial of 

 Gibson Caruthers. — A Lunch on Board. — Adieu 35 



CHAPTER V. 

 Among the Icebergs. — Dangers of Arctic Navigation. — A Narrow 

 Escape from a Crumbling Berg. — Measurement of an Iceberg .... 44 



CHAPTER VL 



Entering Melville Bay. — The Middle Ice. — The Great Polar Cur- 

 rent. — A Snow-Storm. — Encounter with an Iceberg. — Making 

 Cape York. — Rescue of Hans 57 



