CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Lure of the Outfitter .... 11 



11. The Men of the "Alexander" ... 21 



III. Why We Don't Desert 33 



IV. Turtles and Porpoises 46 



V. The a, B, C of Whales 59 



VI. The Night King 71 



VII. Dreams of Liberty ...... . 83 



VIII. Gabriel's Little Drama 95 



IX. Through the Roaring Forties . . . 107 



X. In the Ice 118 



XI. Cross Country Whaling .... .. 128 



XII. Cutting In and Trying Out .... 137 



XIII. Shaking Hands with Siberia . . . . 149 



XIV. Moonshine and Hygiene . . . . . 162 

 XV. News From Home . 171 



XVI. Slim Goes on Strike ...... 182 



XVII. Into the Arctic . 191 



XVIII. Blubber and Song 198 



