Chapter XIV. The Royal Arctic Theatre.
Printing-office, [164]; school, [166]; amusements, [167]; Thursday pops, [168]; lectures, [169]; the Royal Arctic Theatre, [170]; the prologue, [172]; conjuring entertainment, [175]; magic-lantern exhibition, [176].
Chapter XV. Winter Occupations and Amusements.
Departure of the sun, [178]; Guy Fawkes’ Day, [179]; scientific observations, [180]; the moon, [181]; open-air exercise, [181]; inconvenience from drip, [182]; fluctuations of temperature, [183]; movement of the ice, [184]; celebration of birthdays, [185]; bill of fare, [185]; fresh meat, [186]; Divine service, [187]; medical inspections, [187]; tabogganing, [187]; Nellie, [189]; a lost dog, [190].
Chapter XVI. An Arctic Christmas.
Preparations for Christmas Day, [193]; Christmas presents, [194]; Christmas Day, [195]; retrospect, [197]; frost-bite patients, [198]; precautions against frost-bite, [199]; the Palæocrystic Sea, [200]; a brilliant meteor, [200].
Chapter XVII. A Happy New Year.
New Year’s Day, [202]; mustard and cress, [205]; heavy snow-drifts, [206]; returning light, [207]; severe cold, [208]; an alarm in the observatory, [209]; condition of the Eskimo dogs, [210]; Nellie and the lemmings, [212]; Rawson’s snow hut, [212]; the last school meeting, [213]; the last dramatic performance, [214]; the last “pop,” [215]; grand palæocrystic sledging chorus, [216].
Chapter XVIII. Return of the Sun.
Cairn Hill, [220]; the sun’s return, [221]; intense cold, [223]; experiments on various substances during extreme cold, [223]; daylight, [225]; alarm of fire, [226]; dismantling the observatories, [227]; the sledge-crews exercised, [228]; a wolf, [229].