CONTENTS 



PACE 



Preparations for a Lifework of Exploration . . i 

 Down the Mackenzie River Through 2,000 Miles 

 of Indian Country n 



First Impressions of the Eskimos . . . . 37 



Captain Klinkenberg — Sea Wolf and Discoverer . 47 



The Whaling Fleet Sails Away 57 



Learning to Live as an Eskimo — On a Diet of Fish 



Without Salt 64 



How an Eskimo Sailed Through the Storm . . 78 



An Autumn Journey Through Arctic Mountains . 88 

 The Sun Goes Away for the Winter . . . .100 



Lost in the Mackenzie Delta 107 



An Arctic Christmas with an English Country 



Gentleman 120 



The Life at Tuktuyaktok 133 



Learning to Build a Snowhouse and to Be Com- 

 fortable in One 150 



Travels After the Sun Came Back . . . .162 



We Go in Search of Our Own Expedition . -173 



A Spring Journey in an Eskimo Skin Boat . . igo 



A Race over the Arctic Mountains in Summer . 205 



On a Raft down the Porcupine River . . .220 



How I Learned to Hunt Caribou . . . .243 



How I Learned to Hunt Seals 261 



How We Hunt Polar Bears 282 



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