Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders [Redactor's Note: The Field of Ice {Number V004 (Part II)} in the T&M numerical listing of Verne's works is a translation of Part II of Voyages et aventures du capitane Hatteras: II: LeDesert de glace (1866) first published in England in this Routledge (London, 1874) anonymous translation. Other translations are Osgood (Boston, 1874), Ward, Lock, and Tyler (1876), Goubaud & Son (London, 1877), and Hutchinson (London, 1890). This early work was never published by Scribners or Sampson and Low and never found the wide popularity obtained by the works published by those houses. Page numbers are retained in this version to assist in the later collating the numerous illustrations. A List of Illustrations has been provided. (NMW)] THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES VERNE, AUTHOR OF "A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE." "THE CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN GRANT." ETC WITH 126 ILLUSTRATIONS BY RIOU LONDON AND NEW YORK GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS 1875 [All rights reserved.] LONDON Printed by Simmons and Botten Shoe Lane, E.C. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE DOCTOR'S INVENTORY 1 CHAPTER II. FIRST WORDS OF ALTAMONT 10 CHAPTER III. A SEVENTEEN DAYS' MARCH 22 CHAPTER IV. THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER 32 CHAPTER V. THE SEAL AND THE BEAR 44 CHAPTER VI. THE "PORPOISE" 55 CHAPTER VII. AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION 66 CHAPTER VIII. AN EXCURSION TO THE NORTH OF VICTORIA BAY 77 CHAPTER IX. COLD AND HEAT 88 CHAPTER X. WINTER PLEASURES 97 CHAPTER XI. TRACKS OF BEARS 107 CHAPTER XII. IMPRISIONED IN DOCTOR'S HOUSE 118 CHAPTER XIII. THE MINE 130 CHAPTER XIV. AN ARCTIC SPRING 143 CHAPTER XV. THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE 154 CHAPTER XVI. ARCTIC ARCADIA 163 CHAPTER XVII. ALTAMONT'S REVENGE 173 CHAPTER XVIII. FINAL PREPARATIONS 181 CHAPTER XIX. MARCH TO THE NORTH 187 CHAPTER XX. FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW 199 CHAPTER XXI. THE OPEN SEA 209 CHAPTER XXII. GETTING NEAR THE POLE 216 CHAPTER XXIII. THE ENGLISH FLAG 227 CHAPTER XXIV. MOUNT HATTERAS 240 CHAPTER XXV. RETURN SOUTH 253 CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION 264 LIST OF FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS THE FIELD OF ICE "Altamont had already swung his hatchet to strike, when he was arrested by a well known voice" 132--frontispiece. "The tired-out dogs were harnessed sorely against their will, and before long bringing the few but precious treasures found among the debris of the brig" 9 Johnson's Story 11 "The poor fellows felt like colonists safely arrived at their destination." 57 "'I dispute the claim,' said the Englishman, restraining himself by a powerful effort." 72 "Clambering up the steep, rocky wall he succeeded, though with considerable difficulty, in reaching the top." 77 "Soon they were walking in a bright luminous track, leaving their shadows behind them on the spotless snow." 87 "Hatteras could only manage to keep off his pursuers by flinging down one article after another." 120