Round About the North Pole

CHAPTER XIII

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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