The Land of Desolation: Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland — John Shaqi
The Land of Desolation: Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in GreenlandHayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)
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The Land of Desolation: Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland
Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)
Greenland -- Description and travel; Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881
CHAPTER XI.
A Disconsolate Lover 92
CHAPTER XII.
The Church at Julianashaab 98
CHAPTER XIII.
A Greenland Parliament 101
CHAPTER XIV.
A Greenland Ball 112
_PART THE SECOND._
PALACES OF NATURE.
CHAPTER I.
Ice and Snow 125
CHAPTER II.
Glaciers and Icebergs 129
CHAPTER III.
The Solitary Hut of Peter Motzfeldt 137
CHAPTER IV.
The Glacier 146
CHAPTER V.
Crossing the Glacier 153
CHAPTER VI.
Speculations 166
CHAPTER VII.
Measurements of Glaciers 172
CHAPTER VIII.
The Birth of an Iceberg 175
CHAPTER IX.
A Narrow Escape 179
CHAPTER X.
Icebergs Critically Examined 186
CHAPTER XI.
Man _versus_ Mosquitoes 197
CHAPTER XII.
A Picnic on the Glacier 201
CHAPTER XIII.
Bound for the Arctic Circle 206
_PART THE THIRD._
UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN.
CHAPTER I.
Across the Arctic Circle 215
CHAPTER II.
Beyond Civilization 240
CHAPTER III.
Ice-Navigation 253
CHAPTER IV.
Hunting by Steam 263
CHAPTER V.
Among the Ice-fields of Melville Bay 284
CHAPTER VI.
The Last White Man 294
CHAPTER VII.
The Fiord of Aukpadlartok 309
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