| PART I |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | THE ARCTIC REGIONS | [3] |
| II. | ICE AND ICEBERGS | [7] |
| III. | TRIBES AROUND THE POLE | [13] |
| IV. | ULTIMA THULE | [26] |
| V. | FIRST CROSSING OF THE THRESHOLD | [30] |
| VI. | THE NORSEMEN IN GREENLAND | [38] |
| VII. | NICHOLAS OF LYNN. ZENO. MEDIEVAL NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS | [53] |
| VIII. | FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGES TO THE NORTH-EAST. WILLOUGHBY. CHANCELLOR. BURROUGH. PET | [58] |
| IX. | BARENTSZ. LINSCHOTEN. DE VEER | [68] |
| X. | SIR MARTIN FROBISHER | [81] |
| XI. | JOHN DAVIS | [93] |
| XII. | THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS AND RICHARD HAKLUYT | [104] |
| XIII. | GREENLAND VOYAGE OF HALL AND BAFFIN | [112] |
| XIV. | EARLY SPITSBERGEN VOYAGES | [117] |
| XV. | EARLY VOYAGES TO HUDSON’S BAY | [129] |
| XVI. | WILLIAM BAFFIN | [138] |
| XVII. | JENS ERIKSEN MUNK. FOXE AND JAMES. WOOD | [149] |
| XVIII. | HANS EGEDE AND DANISH GREENLAND | [158] |
| XIX. | THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. HEARNE AND MACKENZIE, COOK AND PHIPPS | [165] |
| XX. | RUSSIAN ARCTIC DISCOVERIES | [175] |
| XXI. | THE BRITISH WHALE FISHERY AND THE SCORESBYS | [188] |
| XXII. | BUCHAN AND ROSS | [198] |
| XXIII. | PARRY AND HIS SCHOOL | [205] |
| XXIV. | DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH COAST OF AMERICA. FRANKLIN. RICHARDSON. BACK. DEASE. SIMPSON. RAE | [222] |
| XXV. | JOHN ROSS, JAMES ROSS, AND THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE | [233] |
| XXVI. | THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION | [238] |
| XXVII. | THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. I | [248] |
| XXVIII. | THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. II | [263] |
| XXIX. | DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF FRANKLIN | [272] |
| XXX. | THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. SCORESBY. CLAVERING. GRAAH. KOLDEWEY | [279] |
| XXXI. | SPITSBERGEN. EXPEDITIONS BEFORE 1872 | [285] |
| XXXII. | FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND ITS EXPLORERS | [289] |
| XXXIII. | THE ROUTE BY SMITH SOUND. KANE. HAYES. HALL. NARES. MARKHAM | [298] |
| XXXIV. | SIR ALLEN YOUNG AND THE PANDORA. AMUNDSEN AND THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE | [311] |
| XXXV. | WEYPRECHT’S PLAN FOR SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS. THE GREELY EXPEDITION | [316] |
| XXXVI. | THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE. NORDENSKIÖLD. WIGGINS. DE LONG | [322] |
| XXXVII. | GREENLAND AND ITS INLAND ICE. NORDENSKIÖLD, NANSEN, PEARY | [331] |
| XXXVIII. | THE TRANS-POLAR DRIFT. NANSEN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE FRAM | [340] |
| XXXIX. | THE PARRY ARCHIPELAGO. SVERDRUP | [347] |
| XL. | ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. CAGNI. COOK. PEARY | [351] |
| XLI. | KOOLEMANS BEYNEN AND THE VOYAGES OF THE WILLEM BARENTSZ. SIR MARTIN CONWAY AND SPITSBERGEN. CAPTAIN BERNIER AND CANADIAN ARCTIC LANDS | [358] |
| XLII. | EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. DANISH EXPEDITIONS | [364] |
| XLIII. | LATER GREENLAND EXPLORATIONS. MIKKELSEN. RASMUSSEN. KOCH | [376] |
| XLIV. | CONCLUSION | [383] |
| PART II |
| XLV. | THE GREAT SOUTHERN CONTINENT | [389] |
| XLVI. | CAPTAIN COOK. BELLINGSHAUSEN | [394] |
| XLVII. | THE SOUTH SHETLANDS. FOSTER. WEDDELL | [398] |
| XLVIII. | ENDERBY AND HIS CAPTAINS: BISCOE—KEMPE—BALLENY | [403] |
| XLIX. | DUMONT D’URVILLE AND WILKES | [407] |
| L. | FIRST ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS | [410] |
| LI. | SECOND ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS | [418] |
| LII. | THIRD ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS | [422] |
| LIII. | ANTARCTIC OCEANOGRAPHY | [426] |
| LIV. | REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION | [430] |
| LV. | PRIVATE EXPEDITIONS—BORCHGREVINK. GERLACHE. NORDENSKIÖLD. BRUCE. DRYGALSKI. CHARCOT. FILCHNER | [433] |
| LVI. | PREPARATIONS FOR THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION | [444] |
| LVII. | THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. FIRST YEAR | [455] |
| LVIII. | THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. THE MORNING | [466] |
| LIX. | THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. SECOND YEAR | [471] |
| LX. | SHACKLETON’S ATTEMPT TO REACH THE POLE | [478] |
| LXI. | AMUNDSEN’S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH POLE | [482] |
| LXII. | MAWSON’S EXPEDITION | [486] |
| LXIII. | CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION. I. | [489] |
| LXIV. | CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION. THE END | [500] |
| LXV. | REMAINING ANTARCTIC WORK | [505] |
| CHRONOLOGY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS | [509] |
| BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND TRAVELS | [514] |
| INDEX | [519] |