[Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected.
In Chapter II, "accom- the expedition" has been changed to "accompanied the expedition".
In Chapter IV, a missing quotation mark has been inserted before "You must not take your furs off".
In Chapter V, "other goulish repasts" has been changed to "other ghoulish repasts".
In Chapter VI, "arrive as its destination" has been changed to "arrive at its destination".
In Chapter XI, "a mountain two rivers and a village" has been changed to "a mountain, two rivers and a village"; and a comma has been changed to a period after "a voyage of nearly two months from Sredni-Kolymsk".
In Chapter XIII, "by Waldemar Borgoras" has been changed to "by Waldemar Bogoras".
In Chapter XIV, "a rocky, precipitous promonotory" has been changed to "a rocky, precipitous promontory"; a comma has been changed to a period after "during their periods of festivity"; and a missing period has been added after "a Russian and a Turk".
In Chapter XV, a missing period has been added after "after a terrible night in the ice".
In Chapter XVI, "fiery poision" has been changed to "fiery poison"; a missing period has been added after "through the open doorway"; and "we near our destination" has been changed to "we neared our destination".