CONTENTS 



I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. IN THE DRIFT-ICE OFF THE COAST OF GREENLAND ... 8 



III. IN FOULKE FJORD 26 



IV. WALRUS-CATCHING IN RICE STRAIT 30 



V. OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE POLAR Ox 35 



VI. A DESERTED COUNTRY 63 



VII. OUR LIFE ON BOARD 76 



VIII. GREELY'S CAMPING-GROUND * 88 



IX. AN UNSUCCESSFUL SHOOTING-TRIP 97 



X. ESKIMO VISITS ON BOARD THE ' FRAM ' 101 



XI. ACROSS ELLESMERE LAND. THE STRATEGIC DEFENCES OF 



THE POLAR Ox 120 



XII. CONSTITUTION DAY ON BOARD THE ' FRAM ' 144 



XIII. SUMMER JOURNEYS 149 



XIV. BEARS AND POLAR OXEN 158 



XV. DOCTOR SVENDSEN'S FATE 165 



XVI. SUMMER WORK. ACROSS THE GLACIERS 168 



XVII. SLEDGE-JOURNEYS ASHORE AND AFLOAT 183 



XVIII. IN SUMMER WATERS. DISAPPOINTED HOPES 198 



XIX. WALRUS-CATCHING. NEW WATERS 205 



XX. THE ' FRAM'S ' SECOND WINTER HARBOUR 214 



XXI. BOATING EXPEDITIONS IN HAVNEFJORD . 219 



XXII. CAPTIVITY IN BAADSFJORD 227 



XXIII. A SAD HOME-COMING 236 



XXIV. ARDUOUS JOURNEYS 240 



XXV. AN AWKWARD BEAR-HUNT 245 



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