xiv CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. 



Page 

 Sect. -t. Remarks on the opinion of a Sea-communi- 

 cation between the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans, by the North Pole, - 40 



5, Account of the Progress of Discovery in 



the Noi-tli, - - 61 



CHAP. II. — Descriptive Account of some of 



the Polar Countries, - - 92 



Sect. 1. Account of Spitzbergen, and the Islands 



immediately adjacent, - ib. 



a. Spitzbergen, - - ib. 



b. MofFen Island, - 149 



c. Low Island, - 150 



d. Hope Island, - 151 



e. Cherie Island, - - 152 



2. Account of Jan May en Island, - 154 



CHAP. III. — Hyclrograpliical Survey of the 

 Greenland Sea, - - 170 



Sect. 1. Situation and Extent, — Colour and degree 

 of Transparency, — Quality, Specific Gra- 

 vity, and Saltness of the Greenland 

 Sea, - - ib. 



.2. Temperature, Depth, and Pressure of the 

 Greenland Sea ; with a Description of an 

 Apparatus for bringing up Water from 

 great depths ; and an Account of Expe- 

 riments made with it, - 184 



3. Remarks on the Currents of the Arctic 



Sea ; with Observations respecting 

 "Waves, * . _ 203 



