Chapter IV. Melville Bay and the North Water.

Preparations for a nip, [43]; the middle ice, [44]; a bear hunt, [46]; the North Water, [47]; Cary Island depôt, [49]; approaching Smith Sound, [50]; enter Smith Sound, [51].

Chapter V. Smith Sound.

Life-boat Cove, [53]; visit winter quarters of “Polaris,” [54]; Littleton Island, [55]; Cape Isabella, [56]; stopped by the ice, [57]; Payer Harbour, [58]; first experiences in sledging, [59]; Twin Glacier Bay, [60]; an Arctic paradise, [61]; tidal observations, [62].

Chapter VI. Struggles with the Ice.

Open water, [64]; in danger of a nip, [65]; vigilance of Captain Nares, [66]; wanderings of the Eskimo, [68].

Chapter VII. A Walrus Hunt. Dog Driving.

Grinnell Land, [72]; glaciers, [73]; a walrus hunt, [74]; amusements on the ice, [77]; the Eskimo dogs, [78]; dog sledging, [80].

Chapter VIII. Slow Progress through the Ice.

Cape Hawks and Dobbin Bay, [83]; discovery of an ancient cairn, [85]; cutting a dock, [87]; struggles through the ice, [90]; dangerous position, [91]; Cape Fraser, [92]; junction of two tides, [92]; Cape John Barrow, [93]; Cape Collinson, [94]; heavy squalls, [95]; increasing thickness of floes, [96]; icebergs decreasing in number, [96].