CONTENT S, ix 
CHAPTER XXIIL 
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Wellington Channel. — A Gale. — Exciting Navigation. — Orders for Return. 
— The l^escue nipped. — Illusion.' — Ice thickening. — Caught in the Ice. 
—A Balloon 181 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Wellington Channel. — Drift Northward. — Discoveries. — Grinnell Land 191 
CHAPTER XXV. ' 
Grinnell Land. — Discussion of Priority of Discovery 200 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
In the Ice of Wellington Channel.^ — An Ice Battle. — Condensing Moisture. 
— Hummocks. — Seal Hunting. — Preparing to Winter in the Ice. — Par- 
tial Break-up 210 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
Wellington Channel. — Seals. — Parhelia. — Ice changes. — Drift South. — • 
Approach of Winter. — ' Our Fox'. 319 ^ 
CHAPTER XXVIIL 
Drifting about Outlet of Channel. — Effort to communicate with British 
Vessels. — Spontaneous Combustion. ^ — -Shore inaccessibla — An Ice 
Tramp. — Wintery Signs. — Winter Arrangem^ents. — Leopold's Island. — 
The Daylight 227 
CHAPTER XXIX. 
Continued Drift. — Lancaster Sound.— Topography of Ice Fields. — A Break- 
up. — Sir John Franklin.— Aurora.— A Crisis.— The Rescue deserted. — 
Anecdote of an Officer. — Drill on the Ice. — Mr. GritRn. — Approaching 
Croker's Bay 239 
CHAPTER XXX. 
The Cold. — Frozen Stores.— Ices. — A Walk. — Freezing to Death. — Cos- 
'tume 257 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
Continued Drift.— Off Croker's Bay.— Pale Faces. — The Solstice. — Utter 
Darkness. — Christmas, Theatre, and Gifts. — Scurvy. — Traces and Prog- 
ress of returning Light _ 265 
CHAPTER XXXII. 
Continued Drift. — New Year. — Walks renewed. — Eighth of January. — 
Near Cape Osborn. — Approaching Baffin's Bay. — Commotion of the Ice. 
— Critical Situation of the Vessels 275 
