Plan of the Expedition.--First Announcement.--Appeal to Scientific Societies.--Aid solicited.--Public Lectures.--Liberality of various Societies and Individuals.--Vessel purchased in Boston.--Interest manifested in that City.--Difficulty in obtaining a proper Crew.--Organization of the Party.--Scientific Outfit.--Abundant Supplies 1 CHAPTER I. Leaving Boston.--At Anchor in Nantasket Roads.--At Sea 13 CHAPTER II. Passage to the Greenland Coast.--Discipline.--The Decks at Sea.--Our Quarters.--The First Iceberg.--Crossing the Arctic Circle.--The Midnight Sun.--The Endless Day.--Making the Land.--A Remarkable Scene among the Bergs.--At Anchor in Pröven Harbor 16 CHAPTER III. The Colony of Pröven.--The Kayak of the Greenlander.--Scarcity of Dogs.--Liberality of the Chief Trader.--Arctic Flora 28 CHAPTER IV. Upernavik.--Hospitality of the Inhabitants.--Death and Burial of Gibson Caruthers.--A Lunch on Board.--Adieu 35 CHAPTER V. Among the Icebergs.--Dangers of Arctic Navigation.--A Narrow Escape from a Crumbling Berg.--Measurement of an Iceberg 44 CHAPTER VI. Entering Melville Bay.--The Middle Ice.--The Great Polar Current.--A Snow-Storm.--Encounter with an Iceberg.--Making Cape York.--Rescue of Hans 57 CHAPTER VII. Hans and his Family.--Petowak Glacier.--A Snow-Storm.--The Ice-Pack.--Entering Smith Sound.--A Severe Gale.--Collision with Icebergs.--Encounter with the Ice-Fields.--Retreat from the Pack.--At Anchor in Hartstene Bay.--Entering Winter Quarters 68 CHAPTER VIII. Our Winter Harbor.--Preparing for Winter.--Organization of Duties.--Scientific Work.--The Observatory.--Schooner Driven Ashore.--The Hunters.--Sawing a Dock.--Frozen up.--Sunset 92 CHAPTER IX. Sunset.--Winter Work.--My Dog-Teams.--"My Brother John's Glacier."--Hunting.--Peat Beds.--Esquimau Graves.--Putrefaction at Low Temperatures.--Sonntag climbs the Glacier.--Hans and Peter.--My Esquimau People.--The Esquimau Dog.--Surveying the Glacier.--The Sailing-Master.--His Birthday Dinner 101 CHAPTER X.