CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER I LONDON TO SITKA | ||
| The summons—Across the Atlantic in the ‘Polynesian’—A deceitful car-conductor—The C.P.R.—At Victoria—On the ‘Ancon’—Fort Wrangel—Juneau—Sitka | [1] | |
| CHAPTER II SITKA TO YAKUTAT | ||
| The town—Ascent of Sha-klokh—Expedition to Edgcumbe—Dick’s dismissal—Enlisting recruits—Ascent of Verstovia—Arrival of W.—On board the ‘Alpha’—Miserable weather—Run ashore at Yakutat | [20] | |
| CHAPTER III OPENING APPROACHES | ||
| Getting canoes and men—A false start—Icy Bay—Torrents of rain—On march—The Yahkhtze-tah-heen—A wet camp—More wading—Our forces—Camp on the glacier—Across the ice—The Chaix Hills | [37] | |
| CHAPTER IV AN ATTACK AND A COUNTERMARCH | ||
| A long lie—Men return to the beach—We make a cache—Shifting camp—The Libbey Glacier—The south-east face of St. Elias—Right-about-turn—Lake Castani—The Guyot Glacier—Reappearance of the men—Wild-geese for supper | [61] | |
| CHAPTER V FURTHER ADVANCE AND MY RETREAT | ||
| Across the Tyndall Glacier—Ptarmigan—Another bear—The Daisy and Coal Glaciers—A catastrophe—The others go on—Alone with Billy and Jimmy—More geese—The blue bear—Marmot hunting | [81] | |
| CHAPTER VI BACK TO THE SHORE | ||
| Ptarmigan with a revolver—Back to Camp G—The others return—Their narrative—The men turn up again—We start down—A wasp’s nest—Mosquitoes—Wading extraordinary—We leave Icy Bay—A luxurious breakfast | [99] | |
| CHAPTER VII LIFE AT YAKUTAT | ||
| Curio-hunting—Small plover—W. goes down on the ‘Active’—Siwash dogs—A great potlatch—Cricket under difficulties—No signs of the ‘Alpha’—I determine to go down in a canoe—The white men accompany me | [122] | |
| CHAPTER VIII YAKUTAT TO SITKA | ||
| Farewells—A drunken skipper—Cape Fairweather—Loss of our frying-pan—Mount Fairweather and its glaciers—Murphy’s Cove—Stuck at Cape Spencer—Salmon and sour-dough bread—We reach Cape Edwardes—The ‘Pinta’—Safe back—Height of St. Elias | [137] | |
| MAPS | ||
| Coast of Part of South-Eastern Alaska, showing the St. Elias Alps | To face p. | [1] |
| The Southern Slopes of Mount St. Elias | 〃 | [61] |
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Coast of
part of
South-Eastern Alaska
showing the
ST. ELIAS ALPS.
Longmans, Green & Co., London & New York. F.S. Weller.