CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 
CHAPTER XI. 
Hope of release at the new year—Bove’s excursion to the open water—Mild 
weather and renewed severe cold — Mercury frozen — Popular lectures— 
Brusewitz’s excursion to Najtskaj—Another despatch of letters home—The 
natives’ accounts of the state of the ice on the coast of Chukch Land—The 
Chukches carry on traffic between Arctic America and Siberia—Excursions in 
the neighbourhood of winter quarters—The weather during spring—The 
melting of the snow—The aurora—The arrival of the migratory birds—The 
animal world of Chukch Land—Noah Elisej’s relief expedition—A remarkable 
fish—The country clear of snow—Release—The North-East Passage 
achieved. Pages 1—69 
CHAPTER XII. 
The history, physique, disposition, and manners of the Chukches Pages 70—147 
CHAPTER XIIL 
The development of our knowledge of the north coast of Asia—Herodotus— 
Strabo—Pliny—Marco Polo—Herbertstein’s map—The conquest of Siberia 
by the Russians—Deschnev’s voyages—Coast navigation between the Lena 
and the Kolyma—Accounts of islands in the Polar Sea and old voyages to 
them—The discovery of Kamchatka—The navigation of the Sea of Okotsk is 
opened by Swedish prisoners-of-war—The Great Northern Expedition— 
Behring — Schalaurov—Andreyev’s Land—The New Siberian islands — 
Hedenstrdm’s expeditions—Anjou and Wrangel—Voyages from Behriug’s 
Straits vrestward—Fictitious Polar voyages . . . P«^e.9 14S—217 
