CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



PAGE 



Introduction . ....... 1 



Instructions ........ 6 



CHAPTER I. 



Expedition determined upon. — Its objects. — Instruc- 

 tions. — Equipment. — Departure. — Visit Shetland. — A leak 

 discovered. — Cherie Island. — Packed Ice. — Spitzbergen. 

 — Magdalena Bay. — Glaciers . . , . .23 



CHAPTER II. 



Quit Magdalena Bay. — Revisit the Ice. — The Trent 

 driven into the packed ice. — Her dangerous situation. — 

 The ice opens. — The ships enter and are beset. — Cause 

 of the leak in the Trent discovered and remedied. — Heavy 

 pressure of the ice. — Intricate situation of the vessels. — 

 They regain the open sea. — Walruses make a formidable 

 attack upon the boats of the Trent. — Their habits de- 

 scribed. — Expedition proceeds to Fair Haven. — Description 

 of the anchorage. — Numerous graves and remains of 

 habitations discovered . . . . . .61 



