Paul Jones and Lady Selkirk 73 Paul Jones 77 De Soto chasing the _Morning Star_ 80 Cadiz 81 Captain Nares conducting H.R.H. The Prince of Wales over the _Alert_ at Portsmouth Departure of the _Alert_ and _Discovery_ from _To face page_ 85 Portsmouth Sir George Nares 85 Cape Desolation 88 Map of the North Polar Regions 89 The Arctic Yacht _Pandora_ The Arctic Store Ship _Valorous_ Disco 93 Entrance to the Music Hall, Disco 96 Explorers Crossing Hummocks _To face page_ 97 The Monument to Bellot 97 Winter Quarters of the _Discovery_ 101 Winter Quarters of the _Alert_ 104 An _Alert_ Sledge Party _en route_ to the _Discovery_ 108 Sunshine in the Polar Regions 109 A Sledge Party starting for Cape Joseph Henry 112 Arrival of Lieutenant Parr on board the _Alert_ 113 Sebastian Cabot 120 Frobisher passing Greenwich 124 An Arctic Scene: Floating Ice 125 Martin Frobisher 128 An Iceberg breaking up _To face page_ 129 Nova Zembla, showing the route taken by Barents and 131 his Followers Mock Suns, seen on 4th June, 1596, by Barents and his 132 Followers Transporting Wood on Sledges for Building the House 133 Attacked by Bears 136 Repairing the Boat 137 Unloading, Dragging, and Carrying Boats and Goods 140 View on the Hudson 144 The Remnants of Knight’s Expedition 145 In Smith’s Sound 149 Mock Suns 152 Encounter with Sea-horses 156 Tchuktchi Indians Building a Hut 157 Sir John Ross 161 Fiskernæs, South Greenland 164