A GROUP OF THE ESKIMO INUITS 334 LIST OF MAPS PAGE THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF THE NEW WORLD 2 HUDSON BAY AND HUDSON STRAIT 5 BARREN GROUNDS OF NORTHWESTERN CANADA 16 BOOTHIA PENINSULA AND NORTH SOMERSET 41 FRANKLIN'S ROUTE ON NORTHWEST PASSAGE 58 ROUTE OF PIM'S SLEDGE JOURNEY 75 SMITH SOUND AND WEST GREENLAND 95 BOOTHIA AND MELVILLE PENINSULAS 141 KING WILLIAM LAND 177 ROBESON CHANNEL AND LADY FRANKLIN BAY 217 SOUTHEASTERN GREENLAND 235 GREAT FROZEN SEA AND ROBESON CHANNEL 255 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA 273 LIVERPOOL BAY REGION 297 AMDRUP AND HAZEN LANDS, GREENLAND 351 [Illustration] THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON "You, Philip Staffe, the only one who chose Freely to share with us the shallop's fate, Rather than travel in the hell-bound ship-- Too good an English sailor to desert Your crippled comrades." --VAN DYKE. On the walls of the great Tate Gallery in London are many famous pictures, but few draw more attention from the masses or excite a livelier human interest among the travelled than does "The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson." While the artist dwells most on the courage of Henry Hudson, he recalls the loyalty of Philip Staffe and thus unites high human qualities ever admired. Consider that in barely four years Hudson made search for both the northeast and northwest passages, laid the foundations for the settlement of New York, opened up Hudson Bay, and in a north-polar voyage reached the then farthest north--a world record that was unsurpassed for nearly two centuries. Few explorers in career, in success, and in world influence have equalled Hudson, and among those few are Columbus, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Livingston. Thus Hudson's life was not merely an adventurous tale to be told, whether in the golden words of a great chronicle or in magic colors through the brush of a great artist. It appeals to the imagination and so impresses succeeding generations throughout the passing centuries. For such reasons the materialistic twentieth century acclaimed loudly the fame of this unknown man--mysterious in his humanity though great as a navigator. So in 1909 the deeds and life of Henry Hudson were commemorated by the most wonderful celebration of the western hemisphere, whether judged by its two millions of spectators, its unsurpassed electric displays with six hundred thousand lights, or its parade of great war-ships from eight admiring nations.