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Contents 
CHAP. 
XXIV. 
DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH COAST OF AMERICA. 
FRANKLIN. RICHARDSON. BACK. DEASE. 
SIMPSON. RAE 
XXV. JOHN ROSS, JAMES ROSS, AND THE NORTH 
MAGNETIC POLE .... 
233 
XXVI. 
THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION . 
238 
XXVII. 
THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. I 
248 
XXVIII. 
THF QFAT2PFT FOR FFATMFT T1SJ TT 
263 
XXIX. 
DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF FRANKLIN 
272 
XXX. 
THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. SCORESBY. 
CLAVERING. GRAAH. KOLDEWEY 
279 
XXXI. 
SPITSBERGEN. EXPEDITIONS BEFORE 1872 . 
285 
XXXII. 
FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND ITS EXPLORERS . 
289 
XXXIII. 
THE ROUTE BY SMITH SOUND. KANE. HAYES. 
HALL. NARES. MARKHAM . 
298 
XXXIV. 
SIR ALLEN YOUNG AND THE PANDORA. 
AMUNDSEN AND THE NORTH WEST PAS- 
SAGE ...... 
3ii 
XXXV. 
WE YPRECHT' S PLAN FOR SYNCHRONOUS 
OBSERVATIONS. THE GREELY EXPEDI- 
TION ...... 
316 
XXXVI. 
THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE. NORDENSKlOLD. 
WIGGINS. DE LONG .... 
322 
XXXVII. GREENLAND AND ITS INLAND ICE. NORDEN- 
SKlOLD, NANSEN, PEARY . 
XXXVIII. THE TRANS-POLAR DRIFT. NANSEN AND THE 
VOYAGE OF THE FRAM 
XXXIX. THE PARRY ARCHIPELAGO. SVERDRUP 
XL. ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. 
CAGNI. COOK. PEARY 
XLL KOOLEMANS BEYNEN AND THE VOYAGES OF 
THE WILLEM BARENTSZ. SIR MARTIN 
CONWAY AND SPITSBERGEN. CAPTAIN 
BERNIER AND CANADIAN ARCTIC LANDS 
EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. DANISH EX- 
PEDITIONS . 
LATER GREENLAND EXPLORATIONS. MIK- 
KELSEN. RASMUSSEN. KOCH 
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