BERING STRAIT 127 CHAPTER VIII THE AMERICAN MAINLAND 146 CHAPTER IX THE PARRY ISLANDS 170 CHAPTER X BOOTHIA 190 CHAPTER XI BAFFIN BAY 215 CHAPTER XII SMITH SOUND 235 CHAPTER XIII GREENLAND 259 INDEX 287 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "DONE UP" _Frontispiece_ From Nansen's _First Crossing of Greenland_ (Longmans) TO FACE PAGE THE SUMMIT OF ORAEFA 2 From a photograph COLUMBUS 4 From the portrait at Versailles SAMOYEDS AND THEIR DWELLINGS 10 From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans) FRANZ JOSEF FIORD 14 From a drawing by Lieutenant Julius Payer WHALERS AMONG ICEBERGS 30 From Hartwig's _Polar World_ (Longmans) SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 34 From _Le Tour du Monde_, 1860 (Hachette) TRACK OF H.M.S. "DOROTHEA" AND "TRENT" 36 From _A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships "Dorothea" and "Trent," under the command of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818_, by Capt. F. W. Beechey, R.N., F.R.S. (Richard Bentley, 1843.) PARRY CAMPED ON THE ICE 40 From Captain Parry's _Narrative_, 1828 (Murray) PARRY'S BOATS AMONG THE HUMMOCKS 42 From Captain Parry's _Narrative_, 1828 (Murray) HOW OUR SHIP STUCK FAST IN THE ICE 50 From _A True Description_, by Gerrit de Veer (Hakluyt Society, 1853) HOW WE NEARLY GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH THE SEA-HORSES 56 From _A True Description_, by Gerrit de Veer (Hakluyt Society, 1853) ADOLF ERIK NORDENSKIÖLD 90 From a photograph FRIDTJOF NANSEN 96 With autograph. From a photograph supplied by himself REINDEER 112 By permission. From _Short Stalks_, by Edward Buxton (Stanford)