The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery"

The Mystery of the North Pole--The First Explorer--"The Great Dark Wall at the End of the World"--"Frost-Smoke"--The Lights and Sounds of the North--The Aurora Borealis--Mock Mo...

Young Franklin--His Dreams of Adventure--He becomes a Sailor--His First Arctic Expedition--Fails to get through Behring Straits--Explores Baffin's Bay--The 1845 Expedition--The...

Captain Parker's Report--Government offers a Reward--Dr. Rae's Expedition--Captain McClure's Voyage in the _Investigator_--Hardships and Perils--The Meeting with the _Herald_--L...

Death of Captain Hall--Crew determine to Return--Are Frozen in--A Party take to the Ice and are Cast Away--They build themselves Snow Huts--They find some Seals--An Adventure wi...

Sir George Nares appointed to the _Alert_ and _Discovery_--Overtaking a Season--Red Snow--The Greenland Mosquito--Peculiarities of Eskimo Dogs--And Dog Whips--Dangers of Kayaks-...

The Scheme of the Expedition--Fort Conger--Arctic Wolves--Atmospheric Marvels--A Terrific Storm--Influence of the Sun--Lieutenant Lockwood's Expedition--The Second Winter--Prepa...

The Greenland Question--Departure of the _Kite_--Peary breaks his Leg--A Camp made--Habits of the Eskimo--A Brush with Walrus--"Caching" Food--An Arctic Christmas Feast--Peary s...

Nansen's Theories of Arctic Currents and Shipbuilding--His Theories adopted--The _Fram_ Built--A Start made--The Kara Sea reached--Good Hunting--The Ice Current reached--Frozen...

The Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition--Object of the Expedition--An Interesting Experiment--The Franz Josef Land Question settled--A Group of Islands, not a Continent--Conway at Spi...

Norwegian Aid--A Northerly Station--Premature Enthusiasm--Cold Comfort--An Arctic Greeting--A Hasty Landing--Disorganised Plans--Homeless Dogs--Making Fresh Plans--The Leader Fr...

The Mystery of the South Pole--Ignored by Early Navigators--An Accidental Dutch Discovery--Captain Cook Sets Sail--Discouraged by the Ice--Turns back in Despair--A Second Accide...

A Fortunate Choice--Characteristic Southern Bergs--First Sight of the Continent--More British Territory--A Mighty Volcanic Display--Nearing the Magnetic Pole--The Antarctic Barr...

A Capable Crew--A Modern Franklin--Early Discoveries--Frozen in--An Historic Journey--The Record of "Farthest South"--How the Record was Won--Speedy Travelling--Receding Ice Lim...

The Mystery of the North Pole--The First Explorer--"The Great Dark Wall at the End of the World"--"Frost-Smoke"--The Lights and Sounds of the North--The Aurora Borealis--Mock Mo...

Young Franklin--His Dreams of Adventure--He becomes a Sailor--His First Arctic Expedition--Fails to get through Behring Straits--Explores Baffin's Bay--The 1845 Expedition--The...

Captain Parker's Report--Government offers a Reward--Dr. Rae's Expedition--Captain McClure's Voyage in the _Investigator_--Hardships and Perils--The Meeting with the _Herald_--L...

Death of Captain Hall--Crew determine to Return--Are Frozen in--A Party take to the Ice and are Cast Away--They build themselves Snow Huts--They find some Seals--An Adventure wi...

Sir George Nares appointed to the _Alert_ and _Discovery_--Overtaking a Season--Red Snow--The Greenland Mosquito--Peculiarities of Eskimo Dogs--And Dog Whips--Dangers of Kayaks-...

The Scheme of the Expedition--Fort Conger--Arctic Wolves--Atmospheric Marvels--A Terrific Storm--Influence of the Sun--Lieutenant Lockwood's Expedition--The Second Winter--Prepa...

The Greenland Question--Departure of the _Kite_--Peary breaks his Leg--A Camp made--Habits of the Eskimo--A Brush with Walrus--"Caching" Food--An Arctic Christmas Feast--Peary s...

Nansen's Theories of Arctic Currents and Shipbuilding--His Theories adopted--The _Fram_ built--A Start made--The Kara Sea reached--Good Hunting--The Ice Current reached--Frozen...

The Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition--Object of the Expedition--An Interesting Experiment--The Franz Josef Land Question settled--A Group of Islands, not a Continent--Conway at Spi...

When Captain Ross was in the Arctic regions in the year 1818, he encountered, in Melville Bay, a tribe of Eskimos who lived near Cape York, entirely cut off from communication w...

The expedition which formed the second visit of the _Fram_ to the Arctic regions was equipped by private Norwegian enterprise, and sailed from Larvick on June 24, 1898, the day...

Norwegian Aid--A Northerly Station--Premature Enthusiasm--Cold Comfort--An Arctic Greeting--A Hasty Landing--Disorganised Plans--Homeless Dogs--Making Fresh Plans--The Leader Fr...

The Mystery of the South Pole--Ignored by Early Navigators--An Accidental Dutch Discovery--Captain Cook Sets Sail--Discouraged by the Ice--Turns Back in Despair--A Second Accide...

A Fortunate Choice--Characteristic Southern Bergs--First Sight of the Continent--More British Territory--A Mighty Volcanic Display--Nearing the Magnetic Pole--The Antarctic Barr...

The first British expedition for many years was that which sailed from the Thames in 1898 on board the _Southern Cross_, under the leadership of C. E. Borchgrevinck, with the ob...

Towards the end of the last century there was a distinct revival, in European scientific circles, of interest in the still unsolved problems of the frozen South. Many causes con...

The expedition to explore the land lying in the Antarctic region to the south of South America, which, under the international arrangement of 1895, was allotted to Sweden, was p...

A Capable Crew--A Modern Franklin--Early Discoveries--Frozen in--An Historic Journey--The Record of "Farthest South"--How the Record was Won--Speedy Travelling--Receding Ice Lim...