TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

 MARVELS OF THE YEAR 1909. 

 North pole discovery only one of many wonderful discoveries and achievements — Ocean 

 record broken by the Mauretania — ^Aerial navigation vastly improved — Records of 

 Wright and Curtiss 299 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



AMUNDSEN'S DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. 



Norwegian sailor sets out in footsteps of the vikings and of Nansen — Sails along in 

 region where Franklin perished and others failed — Navigates little ship through 

 narrow and dangerous passages — Success at last 306 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



HENRY HUDSON HONORED IN NEW YORK. 



North Pole attempt ranks him with many who ventured north in early days — Discoverer 

 of Hudson Bay and Hudson River — Mysterious and romantic career of sea adventurer — 

 Both his origin and his death veiled in mystery — New York honors his memory with 

 pageantry and ceremony 313 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



HOW LATITUDE IS RECKONED. 



Uses of the sextant and artificial horizon scientifically described — The method of applying 

 delicate instruments under adverse conditions — Discovery of the compass, the mariner's 

 mainstay, and little known facts about the origin of this device 325 



CHAPTER XXXV. 

 THE STORY OF HARRY WHITNEY. 

 Young New Haven sportsman becomes an important witness in the great polar controversy 

 — Story of how he received Dr. Cook's records, tried to take them aboard Peary's 

 ship, and was refused permission — Rival explorers emit broadsides of argument 333 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

 WONDERS OF THE ANTARCTIC WORLD. 

 Further discoveries of Shackleton and companions — 5,000 feet of vertical ice — Story of how 

 a monster volcano was explored — Types of animal life found at "the bottom of the 

 world" 341 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



HOW THE DUKE OF ABRUZZI, WHO NEARLY FOUND THE NORTH POLE, 



CLIMBED THE HIMALAYAS. 

 Italian nobleman who achieved far northern record achieves greatest mountaineering feat 

 of the year 1909 — Starts out with large expedition and conquers a mighty peak 24,500 

 feet above the sea — Thrilling experiences in crossing wide valleys and ascending 

 difficult steeps 351 



