Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Introduction vii
5. Maps xxxii
6. Preface 3
7. The Search for Franklin 5
8. 1. Schwatka's Franklin Search Party, 1878,1879, and 1880 12
9. 2. Sojourn in Hudson Bay from August 1878 to i April 1879 as an Acclimatization Period 17
10. 3. The Trek to the Arctic Ocean Watershed, i April-4 May 1879 40
11. 4. From the Area of the Back River to King William's Land, 5 May-i2 June 1879 58
12. 5. From Cape Herschel to Cape Felix, 12 }une~3 July 1879 78
13. 6. The Main Search and Its Results 6 July-6 August 1879 89
14. 7. The Divided Search, 6 August to the End of September 1879 102
15. 8. In Permanent Camp, October 1879 117
16. 9. From King William's Land to the Dangerous Rapids on the Great Fish River, i November-i2 December 1879 129
17. 10. On the Back River, 12-31 December 1879 149
18. 11. The Overland March from 31 December 1879 until 27 February 1880 159
19. 12. The Final Stretch to Marble Island, 28 February-23 March 1880 174
20. 13. The Last Months in Hudson Bay, April-August 1880 186
21. 14. The limit of the American North 199
22. Postscript 207
23. Afterword 221
24. Notes 225
25. References 239
26. Index 247