[8] Died in June of scurvy whilst sledging with Lieut. Beanmont.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Dedication | v |
| Preface | vii |
| Officers and Ship’s Company or H.M.S. “Alert” | xi |
Chapter I. Fitting Out.
Description of ships, [2]; special fittings, [3]; selection of officers and men, [5]; kindness of friends, [6]; games and musical instruments, [7]; visitors to the ships, [8]; departure, [9]; arrival at Bantry Bay, [12]; the voyage commenced, [13].
Chapter II. The Voyage to Disco.
Tests of physical capacity, [15]; regular issue of lime-juice, [16]; gales of wind in the Atlantic, [17]; slow progress, [19]; whales, [20]; the first ice, [22]; the Land of Desolation, [22]; seals, [23]; the Greenland coast, [25]; fishing for cod, [25]; arrival at Godhavn, [26].
Chapter III. The Greenland Settlements.
An Eskimo dance, [28]; Eskimo dogs, [29]; amusements at Godhavn, [30]; ascent of the Lyngenmarkfjeld, [31]; aid from the “Valorous,” [33]; tradition of Disco, [34]; Ritenbenk, [35]; part company with “Valorous,” [36]; the Waigat Strait, [36]; dangers in the Waigat, [37]; Proven, [38]; Hans Hendrik engaged, [39]; “Sanderson, his hope,” [39]; Upernivik, [41].