CONTENTS. ix 



The Old Year and the New. — Festivities. — Danenhower's Mis- 

 fortune. — A Cold Snap. — A Leak. — Serious Business to close it. 

 — The Pumps. — Reappearance of the Sun ..... 188 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE RpnURX OF DAYLIGHT. 



27 January — March, 1880. 



The Pressure on the Ship. — Diminution of the Leak. — Lunar 

 Halos. — Bears and Bear Meat. — Engineering Contrivances. — 

 The Amount of Salt in Ice. — Experience of Weyprecht and Morse. 



— Condition of the Dogs. — Forebodings. — Observation under 

 Difficulty. — Washington's Birthday. — Protection for the Eyes. — 

 Cheerfulness of the Crew. — The Thermometers. — Damage to the 

 Ship. — Trench Digging. — Soundings and Drift. — Fresh Potatoes. 



— An Auroral Display. — Examination of Dr. Kane's and Dr. Walk- 

 er's Statements of the Presence of Salt in Ice. — St. Patrick's Day. 



— Ice Formation . 232 



CHAPTER VIH. 



UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN. 



April — May, 1880. 



Change of Routine. — Saving Fuel. — Driving a Dog Team. — A 

 New Resource. — Birds. — Dampness and Cold. — Canned Food. — 

 Completion of a Windmill. — Winter Lingering in the Lap of 

 Spring. — Pemmican. — Wasting of the Ice-Field. — Drift- Wood. 



— Walrus. — Distant Land. — A Deep Hole. — Sunshine at Mid- 

 night. — Target Shooting. — Pure Water. — Bears and Birds. — ' 

 Gloomy AVeather. — Habits of the Dogs. — The Crew's Quarters. — 

 Danenhower's Condition. — The Ice as a Sledge-Road. — Bear 

 Hunts. — The Sick List. — Patience and Dullness. — Discouraging 

 Outlook. — Sledging. — New Leaks. — Looking for Release . . 304 



CHAPTER IX. 



A FROZEN SUMMER. 



June — August, 1880. 



Which Way does the Ice go? — Ajipearance of Insanity. — A Fall of 

 Rain. — Danenhower's Case. — Bad Walking. — Mosquitoes. — A 

 Day's Record. — Lanes of Water. — The First Punishment. — 



