Cape Hawkes, 23 Cairns on Washington Irving Island, 24 View from the Top of Hannah Island, 25 Head of Musk Ox, 26 Dragged at the Heels of a Dog-team, 31 A Ravine in the Stratified Ice, 31 Inside the Unifiler House, 36 Building Snow Houses, 38 Effect of Extreme Cold on a Candle, 39 Return from a Winter Walk, 42 Examining Thermometer: Minus 73°.4, 47 Camp of Sledge Party, 56 The Day’s March Done, 58 Crevasse near Cape Joseph Henry, 60 Mirage, 7th April, 1875, 61 Petersen’s Grave, 64 The North Coast of Greenland, 68 Running the Gauntlet, 73 Eskimo Bird-Shelter, 74 Chatel’s Grotto, 80 Allman Bay, 82 Device on Delf-ware of the Expedition, 83 [Illustration: MARCUS WARD & CO., LONDON & BELFAST. SKETCH MAP OF TRACK OF EXPEDITION. _________ OUTWARD TRACK OF SHIPS ......... SLEDGE TRACKS _________ HOMEWARD TRACK OF SHIPS ] SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA. CHAPTER I. Entering the Arctic Circle—Continuous Daylight—Dispersion of the Squadron—Rendezvous at Godhavn—The Lost Norse Settlements—Embarkation of Eskimo Dogs and their Driver—Ascent of Hills at Disco—The “LYNGEMARKEN”—A Paradise for Botanists—Education at Disco—Parting from the Valorous—Proven—Sanderson’s Hope—The “North Water”—Northern Limit of Human Habitation—Melville Bay—Northumberland and Hakluyt Islands. The arctic expedition of 1875 left England on 29th May, crossed the Atlantic to Davis Straits in a succession of storms, and entered the Arctic regions on 4th July. It sailed with orders to “attain the highest northern latitude, and, if possible, reach the Pole.”