VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE LENA DELTA. 



12 — 30 September, 1881. 



Under Way again. — The Boats separate. — Heavy Gale. — Shoal 

 Water. — Wading Ashore. — The Prospect. — Preparations for 

 March. — Copy of Record. — The Start. — Terribly Slow Prog- 

 ress. — The Last Can of Pemmican. — Divine Help. — Straggling. 



— Ericksen Breaking Down. — A River. — Huts. — Proposals to 

 send for Relief. — Well done, Alexey ! — A Respite. — A New 

 Start. — Trying to Raft. — Perplexities of the Country. — Fox- 

 Traps. — Enough left for Three Meals only. — Unfaltering Trust. 



— The River. — Saved again. — Shooting the Deer. — Ericksen's 

 Condition. — A Moccasin Print. — Drowsiness. — In the Fork of a 

 River. — Doubts as to Position. — Flying a Black Flag. — Am- 

 putation of Ericksen's Foot. — Failure of Game .... 749 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE FATAL MONTH. 



October, 1881. 



The Hundred and Eleventh Day. — Crossing the River. — Halting 

 on a Bluff. — Cold Nights. — Weakness. — A Man's Track Seen. — 

 Huts in the Distance. — Uncertainty. — Disappointment. — The 

 Hut becomes a Mound. — Camping in the Face of the Bluff. — 

 The Dog Killed. — A Fearful Night. — Under Cover of a Hut.— 

 Extremity of the Party. — Speculations as to Position. — Death of 

 Ericksen. — Burial. — Final Start without Food save Alcohol. — 

 Three Miles More. — The Effect of Alcohol. — Nindemann and 

 Noros Sent Ahead for Relief. — A Spoonful of Glycerine for Sup- 

 per. — Arctic Willow. — Staggering Forward. — Alexey Dies. — 

 Death of Kaack and Lee. — No Foot Gear. — Iversen Dead. — The 

 Last Recorded Deaths 781 



CHAPTER XIX. 



NINDEMANN AND NOROS. 



9 October — 2 November, 1881. 



Captain De Long's Instructions. — They start on their Forced March 

 to the Southward. — They shoot a Ptarmigan and miss Deer. — i 

 Arctic Willow Tea and Boot-soles. — Camping in the Snow. — Loss 



