CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX 



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Making a sledge My first sledge journey 114-128 



CHAPTER X 



An urgent call Along the ice edge Our guide A comic touch 



Starting home Over the land 129-141 



CHAPTER XI 



A providential check Soft snow Sledge dogs 142-153 



CHAPTER XII 



My drivers Two Jonathans My box Old Kollek gets caught A 

 snow house A wolf A ninety-mile trot A partridge on the 

 road My frozen nose 154-169 



CHAPTER XIII 



A run to Nain A camping accident A summons home Singing us 

 off Into the storm Lost on the mountain Julius to the rescue 

 An uncomfortable night 170-180 



CHAPTER XIV 



A drowning accident A breakdown on the mountain Johannes in a 



storm Crossing a crevice 181-191 



CHAPTER XV 



Daniel A hundred miles in an open boat Daniel as cook Daniel's 



house The old widow . . 192-203 



CHAPTER XVI 



Out with the seal hunters The harpoon Shooting a seal A grue- 

 some custom Hauling the net 204-214 



CHAPTER XVII 



At the edge of the ice A tragedy Landing a walrus Martin's first 



seal 215-225 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Fur trapping A New Year's godsend The reindeer hunt . . 226-240 



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