CHAPTER XIII
GREENLAND 259
INDEX 287
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"DONE UP" _Frontispiece_
From Nansen's _First Crossing of Greenland_ (Longmans)
TO FACE PAGE
THE SUMMIT OF ORAEFA 2
From a photograph
COLUMBUS 4
From the portrait at Versailles
SAMOYEDS AND THEIR DWELLINGS 10
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans)
FRANZ JOSEF FIORD 14
From a drawing by Lieutenant Julius Payer
WHALERS AMONG ICEBERGS 30
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans)
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 34
From _Le Tour du Monde_, 1860 (Hachette)
TRACK OF H.M.S. "DOROTHEA" AND "TRENT" 36
From _A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships "Dorothea" and "Trent," under the command of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818_, by Capt. F. W. Beechey, R.N., F.R.S. (Richard Bentley, 1843.)
PARRY CAMPED ON THE ICE 40
From Captain Parry's _Narrative_, 1828 (Murray)
PARRY'S BOATS AMONG THE HUMMOCKS 42
From Captain Parry's _Narrative_, 1828 (Murray)
HOW OUR SHIP STUCK FAST IN THE ICE 50
From _A True Description_, by Gerrit de Veer (Hakluyt Society, 1853)
HOW WE NEARLY GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH THE SEA-HORSES 56
From _A True Description_, by Gerrit de Veer (Hakluyt Society, 1853)
ADOLF ERIK NORDENSKIÖLD 90
From a photograph
FRIDTJOF NANSEN 96
With autograph. From a photograph supplied by himself
REINDEER 112
By permission. From _Short Stalks_, by Edward Buxton (Stanford)
SAMOYED MAN 114
From Seebohm's _Siberia in Asia_ (Murray)
OSTIAK MAN 116
From Seebohm's _Siberia in Asia_ (Murray)
THE FACE OF THE FUR SEAL 130
From _The Seal Islands of Alaska_, by Henry W. Elliott (Washington, 1881)
THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 132
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans). From an original Sketch by Frederick Whymper
DRIVING THE FUR SEAL 134
From _The Seal Islands of Alaska_, by Henry W. Elliott (Washington, 1881)
FUR SEALS AT SEA 136
From _The Seal Islands of Alaska_, by Henry W. Elliott (Washington, 1881)
THE PARKA OF THE ALASKAN INNUITS 138
From Whymper's _Alaska_ (Sampson Low)
THE FROZEN YUKON 140
From Whymper's _Alaska_ (Sampson Low)
ASCENDING THE YUKON 142
From Whymper's _Alaska_ (Sampson Low)
MOOSE-HUNTING ON THE YUKON 144
From Whymper's _Alaska_ (Sampson Low)
MAHLEMUT MAN 146
From Whymper's _Alaska_ (Sampson Low)
WINTER TRAVELLING ON THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE 150
From Franklin's _Journey to the Polar Sea_, 1819-22 (Murray, 1823)
CROSSING POINT LAKE 152
From Franklin's _Journey to the Polar Sea, 1819-22_ (Murray, 1823)
KUTCHIN INDIANS 154
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans). From an original sketch by Frederick Whymper
PREPARING AN ENCAMPMENT ON THE BARREN GROUNDS 156
From Franklin's _Journey to the Polar Sea, 1819-22_ (Murray, 1823)
SIR JOHN RICHARDSON 158
With autograph, from a letter in the possession of Edward Whymper
BACK'S JOURNEY DOWN THE GREAT FISH RIVER 160
From Back's _Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835_ (Murray, 1836)
SIR WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY 170
With autograph, from a letter in the possession of Edward Whymper
SIR JOHN BARROW 178
With autograph
H.M.S. "HECLA" AND "GRIPER" IN WINTER HARBOUR 180
From _A Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage_, by Capt. Parry (Murray, 1821)
PARRY'S DISCOVERIES ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE 182
From _A Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage_, by Captain Parry (Murray, 1821)
AN IGLOOLIK ESKIMO CARRYING HIS KAYAK 190
From Parry's _Second Voyage_ (Murray, 1824)
PARRY'S FARTHEST ON HIS THIRD VOYAGE 192
From Parry's _Third Voyage_ (Murray, 1826)
THE "VICTORY" 194
From Sir J. Ross's _Arctic Expedition, 1829-33_ (Webster, 1835)
NORTH HENDON 196
From Sir J. Ross's _Arctic Expedition, 1829-33_ (Webster, 1835)
ESKIMO LISTENING AT A SEAL-HOLE 198
From Parry's _Second Voyage_ (Murray, 1824)
H.M.S. "TERROR" LIFTED BY ICE 202
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans)
FRACTURED STERN-POST OF H.M.S. "TERROR" 204
From Capt. Back's _Narrative, 1838_ (Murray)
THE "FOX" ESCAPING FROM THE PACK 208
From M'Clintock's _Voyage of the "Fox"_
THE "FOX" ON A ROCK 210
From M'Clintock's _Voyage of the "Fox"_
DISCOVERY OF THE CAIRN 212
From M'Clintock's _Voyage of the "Fox"_
SIR MARTIN FROBISHER 216
From _The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher_ (Hakluyt Society, 1867)
ESKIMO AWAITING A SEAL 222
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans)
A GREENLANDER IN HIS KAYAK 224
From _Le Tour du Monde_, 1868 (Hachette)
BAFFIN BAY IN 1819 232
From _A Voyage of Discovery_, by Capt. John Ross (Longmans, 1819)
DR. E. K. KANE 234
From the Frontispiece to Kane's _Arctic Explorations_, 1856
KALUTUNAH 236
From _Le Tour du Monde_, 1868 (Hachette)
THE EAST COAST OF SMITH SOUND 238
From Hayes' _Open Polar Sea_ (Sampson Low)
DR. I. I. HAYES 240
By permission, from Hayes' _Open Polar Sea_
THE SHORES OF KENNEDY CHANNEL 242
From Hayes' _Open Polar Sea_
TYNDALL GLACIER 244
From Hayes' _Open Polar Sea_
A SEAL IN DANGER 246
From Parry's _Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage_ (Murray, 1824)
SIR GEORGE NARES 248
From a photograph
SLEDGES USED BY SIR LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK AND SIR GEORGE 254 NARES
(In the collection of Edward Whymper)
BISHOP PAUL EGEDE 258
From the Frontispiece to _Efterretninger om Grönland_ (Copenhagen)
GREENLANDERS 260
From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans)
ON LEVEL GROUND 262
Nansen's _First Crossing of Greenland_ (Longmans)
THE ALLAN LINER "SARDINIAN" AMONG ICEBERGS 264
From a photograph
THE "GERMANIA" IN THE ICE 266
From _Le Tour du Monde_, 1874 (Hachette)
THE REGION ROUND MOUNT PETERMANN 268
From a drawing by Lieutenant Julius Payer
THE LAST DAYS OF THE "HANSA" 270
From _Le Tour du Monde_, 1874 (Hachette)
ROBERT E. PEARY 280
With autograph, from a letter in the possession of Edward Whymper From _Nearest the Pole_, by Commander Peary. By permission of Hutchinson and Co.
SECTIONAL MAPS
1. SPITSBERGEN 12
2. CAPE CHELYUSKIN 84
3. THE LENA DELTA 106
4. BERING STRAIT 128
5. THE PARRY ISLANDS 174
6. GREENLAND 272
ROUND ABOUT THE NORTH POLE