The Great White North The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the pole

CHAPTER XXII

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Otto Sverdrup.—Four years’ voyage of the _Fram_.—Journeys in Ellesmere Land.—Important exploration of Jones Sound.—Discovery of new lands.—Release of the _Fram_.—Captain Roald Amundsen.—The voyage of the _Gjoa_.—Reaches head of Petersen Bay (King William Land).—Two years’ stay.—Valuable scientific observations.—Visits from Eskimos.—Sledge journeys.—Release from the ice.—August 14, 1906.—Completion of the Northwest Passage.—Another Arctic winter.—Sledge journey of Amundsen to Eagle City.—Release of the _Gjoa_.—Reaches San Francisco, 1907 435