CONTENTS. 
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' CHAPTER XXIII. 
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Wellington Channel. — A Gale. — Exciting Navigation. — Orders for Return. 
— The Rescue nipped. — Illusion. — Ice thickening. — Caught in the Ice. 
— A Balloon - 1T9 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Wellington Channel. — Drift Northward. — Discoveries. — Grinnell Land. . . 189 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Grinnell Land. — Discussion of Priority of Discovery 198 
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 208 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
Wellington Channel. — Seals. — Parhelia. — Ice changes. — Drift South. — 
Approach of Winter. — ' Our Fox’ 217 
CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Drifting about Outlet of Channel. — Effort to communicate with British 
Vessels. — Spontaneous Combustion. — Shore inaccessible. — An Ice 
Tramp. — Wintery Signs. — Winter Arrangements. — Leopold’s Island. — 
The Daylight 225 
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. Griffin. — 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 
