CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



i NORTHWARD BOUND 3 



ii FAREWELL TO THE SHIPS 23 



ni AT ANNOOTOK 46 



iv BUFFETED BY STORM AND ICE 61 



v ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE LONG NIGHT .... 73 



vi A BEAR HUNT TO HUMBOLDT GLACIER 90 



vii THE GOING OF THE SUN 105 



viii HOME LIFE IN THE IGLOOS 122 



ix A NIGHT TRIP TO CAPE RUSSELL 139 



x How WE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS 152 



xi ADRIFT ON THE ICE 165 



xii HUNTING WALRUS IN THE NIGHT 179 



xiii BACK OVER THE GLACIERS 194 



xiv PREPARING FOR THE ARCTIC DAY 209 



xv THE RETURN OF THE SUN 231 



xvi WHEN THE ESKIMOS LEFT us 249 



xvii OFF TO ELLESMERE LAND 272 



xviii "OMINGMONG !" THE MUSK-OX ! 290 



xix ON THE SMITH SOUND ICE 312 



xx THE SPRING AWAKENING 330 



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