Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Figures xi
4. Expedition Members xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Foreword xvii
7. To Captain Albert Hastings Markham, R.N. 1
8. Preface 3
9. Origin of the Expedition and its Outfitting 9
10. From New York to Newfoundland 27
11. From Newfoundland to Greenland 47
12. From Holsteinsborg to the Northernmost Settlement on Earth 81
13. Historical Review 111
14. Into Unknown Territory 131
15. The First Days in Polaris Bay 153
16. The First Sledge Journey 175
17. Hall’s Sledge Trip 197
18. In the Realm of Darkness 219
19. The New Year 241
20. Through Darkness to the Light 257
21. The Southern Sledge Trip 273
22. Early Summer 291
23. The Boat Voyage North 303
24. The Summer 315
25. Southward 331
26. On Terra Firma 347
27. An Ethnographic Sketch 363
28. Further Progress 385
29. The Start of the ice Floe Drift 415
30. Between Hopelessness and Optimism 431
31. Spring on the Floe 441
32. The Seals 455
33. Salvation 463
34. The Boat Voyage in Arctic Waters 469
35. Whaling 495
36. The Search 521
37. Homeward Bound 531
38. Motive for Murder 537
39. Appendix 1 543
40. Appendix 2 545
41. Appendix 3 549
42. Appendix 4 555
43. Notes 565
44. Bibliography 609
45. Index 615