Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Epigraph V
3. Contents VII
4. Acknowledgements IX
5. Introduction XI
6. The Autobiography XXV
7. Maps XXIX
8. 1. Orkney Childhood 1
9. 2. Voyage to Hudson Bay and Winter on Charlton Island 17
10. 3. Moose Factory 27
11. 4. Moose Factory – Fort Garry – Toronto – York Factory 83
12. 5. 1846–1847 Arctic Expedition 109
13. 6. Searching for Franklin With Sir John Richardson, 1848 141
14. 7. Winter at Fort Confidence, 1848–1849 189
15. 8. Bourgeois at Fort Simpson 213
16. 9. North Again – And Another Winter at Fort Confidence 253
17. 10. Sledge Expedition to Victoria Island, Spring 1851 291
18. 11. Boat Expedition, Summer 1851 335
19. 12. From Fort Chipewyan to Fort Garry to England 377
20. 13. Back to the Arctic, 1853 397
21. 14. From Churchill to Repulse Bay 437
22. 15. A Second Winter at Repulse Bay, 1853–1854 461
23. 16. North Again – To Close the Last Gap 493
24. 17. The Second Half of his Life 509
25. Appendix 1: John Rae’ s Assessment of his Achievements as an Explorer 525
26. Appendix 2: On Ice – Its Formation, &C 535
27. Appendix 3: Buiding a Snow House 545
28. Biographical Sketches 547
29. Notes 571
30. References 619
31. Index 627
32. About the Editor and Author 651