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The Great White North: The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the poleWright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders)

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The Great White North: The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the pole

Name: The Great White North: The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the pole
Author: Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders)

Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders)

Arctic regions; North Pole

Sledging parties of Sir Edward Belcher’s squadron.—Desertion of
    the ships.—Return to England.—Story of the _Resolute_.—Traces
    of Sir John Franklin discovered by Dr. Rae.—Anderson’s
    journey.—The voyage of the _Fox_ under Commander
    M’Clintock.—Sledge journeys.—Record and relics of Franklin’s
    expedition.—_Fox_ returns to England                               174

                               CHAPTER XI

    The second Grinnell expedition.—Commanded by Dr. Elisha
    K. Kane.—Winter quarters in Rensseläer Harbor.—Sledging
    trips.—To the rescue.—Effects of exhaustion and cold.—Dr.
    Kane’s journey.—Great Glacier of Humboldt.—Return and illness
    of Dr. Kane. Second winter in the ice.—Privations and
    suffering.—Abandonment of the _Advance_.—Retreat and rescue        199

                               CHAPTER XII

    Dr. Hayes’s expedition. Winter quarters at Port Foulke,
    Greenland coast.—Death of Sonntag.—Dr. Hayes’s journey.—Attempt
    to cross Smith Sound.—Hayes’s farthest.—“Open Polar
    Sea.”—Homeward bound                                               235

                              CHAPTER XIII

    Charles Francis Hall.—Early life.—Interest in fate of Sir
    John Franklin.—First journey to Greenland.—Discovery of
    Frobisher relics.—Experiences and study of the Eskimos. Second
    journey.—Delays and disappointments.—Sledging trips.—King
    William Land at last.—Franklin relics.—Return of Hall to United
    States. _Polaris_ expedition.—Reaches high northing.—Hall’s
    sledge journey.—Return and death.—_Polaris_ winters.—No
    escape.—_Polaris_ is wrecked.—Part of crew adrift on the
    ice-floe.—Remainder build winter hut.—Final rescue and return
    to United States                                                   243

                               CHAPTER XIV

    Captain Thomas Long.—Discovery of Wrangell Land.—Captain
    Carlsen and Captain Palliser sail across the Sea of
    Kara.—Captain Johannesen circumnavigates Nova Zembla.—First
    German expedition.—Second German expedition.—_Germania_,
    Captain Koldewey commanding.—_Hansa_, Captain
    Hegemann.—Departure from Bremen.—Crossing the Arctic
    Circle.—Island of Jan Mayen.—The ice line.—Separation
    from the _Hansa_.—Adrift on the ice-floe.—Winter.—Final
    rescue.—_Germania_ beset.—Winter.—Sledging parties.—Lieutenant
    Payer’s remarkable journey—77° 1´ north latitude.—Return of the
    _Germania_                                                         268

                               CHAPTER XV

    Norwegian expedition, 1871. Payer and Weyprecht.—The
    _Tegetthoff_ adrift in the Polar pack.—Discovery of Franz
    Josef Land.—Payer’s sledge journeys.—Payer’s farthest
    82° 5´ north latitude.—Cape Fligely.—Abandonment of the
    _Tegetthoff_.—Retreat of officers and crew.—Picked up by
    Russian fishermen.—Home                                            286

                               CHAPTER XVI

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