ON THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC

Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I Introducing An Airship And Count Zept [9]
II A Curious Stranger Learns the Object of the
Gitchie Manitou 		[27]
III Colonel Howell Makes a Novel Proposal [42]
IV Colonel Howell Discovers an Old Friend in Jack Zept [58]
V Negotiating and Outfitting [72]
VI The Expedition Strikes a Snag in Edmonton [86]
VII A Tempestuous Voyage to Athabasca Landing [100]
VIII Count Zept Makes Himself Known at the Landing [114]
IX The Song of the Voyageur [128]
X Paul Awakens to the Situation [142]
XI Preparing Camp for Winter [155]
XII Breasting a Blizzard in an Airship [169]
XIII In the Land of Caribou, Moose and Musk Ox [187]
XIV In the Cabin of the Paralyzed Indian [201]
XV A Letter Goes Wrong [217]
XVI Roy Conducts a Hunt [232]
XVII The Gitchie Manitou Wins a Race [248]

Illustrations

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The Gitchie Manitou ready for its first flight in the Far North.[Frontispiece]
“I’ve an idea and I got it the minute I saw your aeroplane to-day.”[51]
“Don’t shoot,” he protested. “What’s the use?”[183]
“They must have seen us,” panted Roy as he and Norman
advanced.		[209]

On the Edge of the Arctic