Irving T. Grosbeak. Hall of Applied Ceramics, Durfee College, Xenia, O.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] All of these individual pledges are still outstanding.—Ed.
CONTENTS
| [Chapter I] | |
| The Origin of the Expedition. A memorable meeting.
Inklings of a plot. My innocent enthusiasm. Our personnel. I put the proposition up to Triplett | Page [17] |
| [Chapter II] | |
| Our triumphant departure. A man missing. Wigmore's
gallant embarkation. The Kawa herself. A new idea in
construction. A few boresome details | Page [31] |
| [Chapter III] | |
| The choice of a route. Off at last. We take aboard a
passenger. Seeds of discontent. Into the long twilight.
Radio reversals. The ice at last. Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution | Page [55] |
| [Chapter IV] | |
| We reach the polar cap. The strange incident of the
missing Orders. Who stole the papers? The Arctic
summer. A sportsman's Paradise. Notes from my journal. Whinney's sad experience | Page [79] |
| [Chapter V] | |
| The last ten miles. A mental observation. We lose our
magnetic bowsprit. The Big Peg at last! "The Lady,
first!" We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision | Page [103] |
| [Chapter VI] | |
| Fatal procrastination. Our one-dimensional position. An
extraordinary ornithological display. I confide in Swank.
His plan. I capture my vision. The Klinkas. An embarrassing incident | Page [131] |
| [Chapter VII] | |
| Still procrastinating. Our pastimes at the Pole. An
exchange of love-tokens. Ikik's avowal. Caught in the embrace of the Aurora | Page [163] |
| [Chapter VIII] | |
| The Arctic Night. The temptation of Traprock. The
pros and cons of falling. We solve an age-old riddle.
Our Polar Christmas. The love-philtre. Abandonment | Page [181] |
| [Chapter IX] | |
| Sausalito's strategy. Orders must be obeyed. We turn
southward. The parting. Mutiny and desertion. In the
grip of the Ice King. A fight to the finish. Victory | Page [205] |
| [Chapter X] | |
| In home waters. The celebration in our honor. And
what of my companions? Reveries and Recollections. The End | Page [229] |