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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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