CHAPTER PAGE I. NORTHWARD 9 II. ANCHORED AT LAST 17 III. THRILLING INCIDENTS 23 IV. LOST AND RESCUED 31 V. MORE HEROIC EXCURSIONS 43 VI. THE OPEN SEA 53 VII. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT 60 VIII. TREATY MAKING 68 IX. ARCTIC HUNTING 75 X. THEE ESCAPING PARTY 89 XI. A GREEN SPOT 99 XII. NETLIK 109 XIII. THE HUT 120 XIV. ESQUIMO TREACHERY 131 XV. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS 142 XVI. DRUGGED ESQUIMO 150 XVII. BACK AGAIN 160 XVIII. SCARES 171 XIX. SEEKING THE ESQUIMO 179 XX. DESERTERS 186 XXI. CLOSING INCIDENTS OF THE IMPRISONMENT 194 XXII. HOMEWARD BOUND 201 XXIII. NARROW ESCAPES 209 XXIV. ESQUIMO KINDNESS 216 XXV. MELVILLE BAY 221 XXVI. SAVED 228 XXVII. OFF AGAIN 234 XXVIII. COLLIDING FLOES 241 XXIX. THE WINTER HOME 249 XXX. GLACIERS 255 XXXI. A STRANGE DREAM AND ITS FULFILLMENT 263 XXXII. THE CROWNING SLEDGE JOURNEY 270 XXXIII. LAST INCIDENTS OF THE EXPEDITION 279 XXXIV. SOMETHING NEW 287 XXXV. A FEARFUL STORM 295 XXXVI. THE AURORA 304 XXXVII. THE DYING ESQUIMO 311 XXXVIII. CUNNING HUNTERS 317 XXXIX. ROUND FROBISHER BAY 326 XL. THE "POLARIS" 333 XLI. DISASTER 344 XLII. THE LAST OF THE "POLARIS" 357 XLIII. THE FEARFUL SITUATION 364 XLIV. THE WONDERFUL DRIFT 371 XLV. THE WONDERFUL ESCAPE 380 Illustrations. CAPTAIN C. F. HALL 2 WALRUSES--A FAMILY PARTY 81 CAPTAIN BUDDINGTON 337 UNLOADING STORES FROM THE "POLARIS" 345 PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE "POLARIS" 354 NORTH-POLE VOYAGES. CHAPTER I. NORTHWARD.