[Illustration: “WAY ENOUGH,” SAID JOE. “STERN ALL!” (see p. 105)] THE YOUNG ICE WHALERS BY WINTHROP PACKARD WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT 1903 BY WINTHROP PACKARD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published September, 1903_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. A CHANGE IN LIFE’S PLANS 1 II. BOUND FOR THE ARCTIC 27 III. BUCKING ICE IN BERING SEA 56 IV. THE LITTLE MEN OF THE DIOMEDES 87 V. WHEN THE ICE CAME IN 112 VI. WINTER LIFE AND INNUIT FRIENDS 140 VII. THE GHOST WOLVES OF THE NUNATAK 167 VIII. WHALING IN EARNEST 195 IX. IN THE ENEMY’S POWER 224 X. “THE FEAST OF THE OLD SEAL’S HEAD” 250 XI. “THE VILLAGE WHERE NO ONE LIVES” 277 XII. IN THE HEART OF BLIZZARDS 305 XIII. THE MEETING OF TRIBES 332 XIV. STAKING OUT A FORTUNE 354 XV. HOME AGAIN 381 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “WAY ENOUGH,” SAID JOE. “STERN ALL!” (See p. 105) _Frontispiece_ THE LONG ROLLERS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC 36 HARBOR OF UNALASKA 50 BUCKING THE ICE 68 A SIBERIAN TOPEK 84 HOME OF THE “LITTLE MEN” OF THE DIOMEDES 94 WHALEMEN’S CAMP ON ARCTIC SHORE 114 ROUGH ARCTIC CLIFFS 136 HARLUK AND KROO 164 VISITING ESKIMOS 168 LOCKED IN THE ARCTIC ICE 198 CAMP ON THE TUNDRA 234 TOILING ON THROUGH THE DRIFTS 310 ESKIMO FAMILY TRAVELING 334