CONTENTS

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I. [THE GREAT ELIZABETHAN NAVIGATORS] 1
II. [HEARNE'S OVERLAND JOURNEY TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN] 34
III. [MACKENZIE DESCENDS THE GREAT RIVER OF THE NORTH] 70
IV. [THE MEMORABLE EXPLOITS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN] 89
V. [THE TRAGEDY OF FRANKLIN'S FATE] 112
VI. [EPILOGUE. THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE] 136
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE] 147
[INDEX] 149

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ THE ARCTIC COUNCIL DISCUSSING A PLAN OF SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN]
From the National Portrait Gallery. 		Frontispiece
[ ROUTES OF EXPLORERS IN THE FAR NORTH]
Map by Bartholomew. 		Facing page 1
[ SAMUEL HEARNE]
From the Dominion Archives. 		" " 42
[ FORT CHURCHILL OR PRINCE OF WALES]
From a drawing by Samuel Hearne. 		" " 50
[ SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE]
From a painting by Lawrence. 		" " 70
[ SIR JOHN FRANKLIN]
From the National Portrait Gallery. 		" " 112

Routes of Explorers in the Far North