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CONTENTS. 
CHAP TER XL 
Navigation of the Pack. — Conning Ship. — Heave!— Warp!— Track!— Haul’ 76 
CHAPTER XII. 
Devil’s Thumb. — Seals. — Birds. — Boring tlie Pack, — A Bear Hunt. — Fast ! 
— Planting Ice-anchors - 83 
CHAPTER XIII. 
The Ice. — Snow-covered. — Water-sodden. — Honey-combed. — Tough. — 
Red Ice. — Currents. — Under Currents. — Effects of 64 
CHAPTER XIV. 
•Melville Bay. — Glaciers. — Race with an Iceberg. — Berg splitting 98 
CHAPTER XV. ^ 
Opposite Duneira Bay. — Glaciers. — Height of Bergs. — Deceptions of Fog. 
— Formation and Forms of Bergs. — Birds 105 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Bear Hunt. — Warm Fog. — Hummocking. — A Pinch. — Crustacea and Birds 116 
CHAPTER XVH. 
Refraction. — The Arctic Cuisine. — Glaciers. — Advantages of Steamers.--. 
Esquimaux. — Frozen Families near Cape York 134 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
The Crimson Cliffs of Beverly. — Bessie’s Cove. — Glacier Formation. — 
Red Snow. — Atmospheric Transfers 132 
CHAPTER XIX. 
.Arctic Highlands. — Flonila. — Moss Beds. — Auks’ Nests. — Trapping Auks. 
— A Black Fox. — “Good-by to Baffin.” — Continuous Daylight 139 
CHAPTER XX. 
Entering Lancaster Sound. — Penny’s Squadron. — Sir Jolin Ross and the 
Felix. — The Prince Albert. — Cape Riley. — Traces of Sir John Franklin ; 
his Encampment 149 
CHAPTER XXL 
Visit to the Encampment. — Beechy Island. — Discovery of the Graves. — 
Descrijdion of them. — Conclusions: and Conjecture as to Franklin’s 
Course ■ L'^9 
CHAPTER XXII. 
United Searching Squadrons. — Visits. — Ice drifting. — My first Bear. — Bar- 
low’s Inlet. — Cornwallis Island. — Hummocks and Break-up. — Cold in- 
creasing. — Rendezvous of Union Bay 198 
