Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune, 1903-1904
CRUISE OF THE NEPTUNE
The Chief of the Aivillingmiut.
REPORT
ON THE
DOMINION GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION
HUDSON BAY AND THE ARCTIC ISLANDS
ON BOARD THE
D. G. S. NEPTUNE
1903 - 1904
A. P. LOW, B.Sc., F.R.G.S.
Officer in charge.
OTTAWA
A. P. Low
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CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SHIP’S COMPANY.
PRELIMINARIES TO AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE.
THE CRUISE TO WINTER QUARTERS IN HUDSON BAY.
PORT BURWELL TO CUMBERLAND GULF.
HUDSON STRAIT.
HUDSON BAY.
SPRING EXPLORATIONS.
WHALEBOAT TRIP TO SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND.
HUDSON BAY.
HUDSON STRAIT.
VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC ISLANDS.
SMITH SOUND.
LANCASTER SOUND.
PONDS INLET.
VOYAGE SOUTHWARD FROM PONDS INLET.
PORT BURWELL TO FULLERTON AND BACK.
ISLANDS OF GROUP I.
ISLANDS OF GROUP II.
ISLANDS OF GROUP III.
ISLANDS OF GROUP IV.
DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS OF THE CENTRAL ESKIMOS.
THE CENTRAL ESKIMOS.
ANNUAL ROUTINE.
SUPERSTITIONS AND BELIEFS.
TABOOS.
ANGEKOK.
AMUSEMENTS.
GARMENTS.
MORAL CHARACTERISTICS.
DETAILS OF THE GEOLOGY BY ISLAND GROUPS.
ARCHÆAN.
GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST SHORES OF HUDSON BAY.
GEOLOGY OF ISLAND GROUP II.
ISLANDS OF GROUP III.
ISLANDS OF GROUP IV.
Islands of Group I.
West Coast of Hudson Bay.
Islands of Group II.
Islands of Group III.
Islands of Group IV.
DEVONIAN.
CARBONIFEROUS.
MESOZOIC.
TERTIARY.
POST TERTIARY.
MARINE TERRACES.
ECONOMIC MINERALS.
PORPOISES.
SEALS.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
APPENDIX III.
APPENDIX IV.
SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND, HUDSON BAY.
CAPE CHIDLEY, HUDSON STRAIT.
APPENDIX V.
APPENDIX VI.
INDEX
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