CONTENTS 



CHAPTER ,. AGE 



I. ISACHSEN RELATES . . . . 1 



II. SUMMER JOURNEYS AND FERTILITY 9 



III. WESTWARD WITH THE SHIP 38 



IV. To GAASEFJORD GO 



V. HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS 71 



VI. SNOWSTORM AND MISFORTUNE 88 



VII. BEFORE THE POLAR NIGHT 100 



VIII. A WOLF WINTER Ill 



IX. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR A BOLD Fox 119 



X. NEW LAND! 127 



XI. SPRING JOURNEYS, 1901 149 



XII. TROLDFJORD 169 



XIII. A POLAR IDYL 174 



XIV. HEUREKA! 185 



XV. A DYING PEOPLE 207 



XVI. SEVENTEENTH OF MAY A DISTURBED NIGHT 215 



XVII. TOWARDS THE SOUTH ! TOWARDS THE SOUTH ! 222 



XVIII. To SKAAREFJORD 233 



XIX. BJORNESUND AND ULVEFJORD 241 



XX. A STONY LAND 250 



XXI. FUGLEFJORD 258 



XXII. A SURVEYOR'S LIFE, AND SHOOTING 264 



XXIII. FOSHEIM'S ACCOUNT ... 273 



XXIV. ISACHSEN AND HASSEL's JOURNEY, SPRING, 1901 295 



XXV. SPRING JOURNEYS AND SUMMER IMPRESSIONS REPORT OF THE 



DREDGING EXPEDITION, 1901 299 



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