CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
Page 
-Introductory. — The Arctic Sea. — Sir John Franklin. — Lady Franklin's 
Appeal. — Organization of the American Grinnell Expedition 13 
CHAPTER II. 
Preparations for Departure. — The Advance and Rescue.— Equipments. — 
Officers and Crew 17 
CHAPTER III. 
Departure from New York. — Creature Comforts. — First Iceberg. — OtF St. 
John's 34 
CHAPTER IV. 
Davis's Straits. — Counter-drift. — Beginning of Arctic Day. — Fogs.- — ^The 
Sukkertoppen 29 
CHAPTER V. 
Whale-fish Islands. — Disco. — The Emma Eugenia. — Kayacks. — The 
Landing. — Esquimaux Huts 35 
CHAPTER VI. 
Boat Party to Lievely. — Royal Inspectorate. — Purchase of Furs. — Floral 
and geological Character. — Field Ice 43 
CHAPTER VII. 
The Middle Ice. — The North Water. — Omenak's Fiord. — Interior Water 
6onnection between Coasts of Greenland 50 
CHAPTER Vni. 
Formation of Icebergs. — Debacle from Glacier. — Mr. Grundeitz. — Color 
and Structure of Berg Ice 56 
CHAPTER IX. 
Svartehuk. — Refraction 63 
CHAPTER X. 
Jumping-off Place. — Honesty of Kayackers. — Fast in '"the Pack." — Its 
Elements and Form ...... 70 
