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Schwatka's Search - Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records
Arctic
William H. Gilder
by
William H. Gilder
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. NORTHWARD.
CHAPTER II. THE WINTER CAMP.
CHAPTER III. OUR DOGS.
CHAPTER IV. IN THE SLEDGES.
CHAPTER V. NATIVE WITNESSES.
CHAPTER VI. THE MIDNIGHT SUN.
CHAPTER VII. RELICS.
CHAPTER VIII. IRVING'S GRAVE.
CHAPTER IX. ARCTIC COSTUMES.
CHAPTER X. OVER MELTING SNOWS.
CHAPTER XI. AMATEUR ESQUIMAUX.
CHAPTER XII. WALRUS DIET.
CHAPTER XIII. THE RETURN.
CHAPTER XIV. FAMINE.
CHAPTER XV. ESQUIMAU HOME-LIFE.
CHAPTER XVI. HOMEWARD.
CHAPTER XVII. THE GRAVES OF THE EXPLORERS.
APPENDIX.
GLOSSARY.
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