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The Open Polar Sea: A narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States"Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)

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The Open Polar Sea: A narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States"

Name: The Open Polar Sea: A narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States"
Author: Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)

Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)

Arctic regions; United States (Schooner)

The Arctic Spring.--Snow disappearing.--Plants show Signs of
      Life.--Return of the Birds.--Change in the Sea.--Refitting the
      Schooner.--The Esquimaux.--Visit to Kalutunah.--Kalutunah's
      Account of the Esquimau Traditions.--Hunting-Grounds
      contracted by the Accumulation of Ice.--Hardships of their
      Life.--Their Subsistence.--The Race dwindling away.--Visit to
      the Glacier.--Re-survey of the Glacier.--Kalutunah catching
      Birds.--A Snow-Storm and a Gale.--The Mid-day of the Arctic
      Summer

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CHAPTER XXXVI.

  The Arctic Summer.--The Flora.--The Ice dissolving.--A
      Summer Storm of Rain, Hail, and Snow.--The Terraces.--Ice
      Action.--Upheaval of the Coast.--Geological Interest
      of Icebergs and the Land-Ice.--A Walrus Hunt.--The
      "Fourth."--Visit to Littleton Island.--Great Numbers of
      Eider-Ducks and Gulls.--The Ice breaking up.--Critical
      Situation of the Schooner.--Taking Leave of the
      Esquimaux.--Adieu to Port Foulke

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CHAPTER XXXVII.

  Leaving Port Foulke.--Effort to reach Cape Isabella.--Meet the Pack
      and take Shelter at Littleton Island.--Hunting.--Abundance of
      Birds and Walrus.--Visit to Cairn Point.--Reaching the West
      Coast.--View from Cape Isabella.--Plans for the Future.--Our
      Results.--Chances of reaching the Polar Sea discussed.--The
      Glaciers of Ellesmere Land

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CHAPTER XXXVIII.

  Leaving Smith Sound.--Crossing the North Water.--Meeting the
      Pack.--The Sea and Air teeming with Life.--Remarkable
      Refraction.--Reaching Whale Sound.--Surveying in a Boat.--The
      Sound traced to its Termination.--Meeting Esquimaux at
      Iteplik.--Habits of the Esquimaux.--Marriage Ceremony.--The
      Decay of the Tribe.--View of Barden Bay.--Tyndall Glacier

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CHAPTER XXXIX.

  Homeward Bound.--Entering Melville Bay.--Encounter with a
      Bear.--Meeting the Pack.--Making the "South Water."--Reaching
      Upernavik.--The News.--To Goodhaven.--Liberality of the
      Danish Government and the Greenland Officials.--Driven out
      of Baffin Bay by a Gale.--Crippled by the Storm and forced
      to take Shelter in Halifax.--Hospitable Reception.--Arrival
      in Boston.--Realize the State of the Country.--The
      Determination.--Conclusion

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The Open Polar Sea: A narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States"

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