| PART I | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | THE ARCTIC REGIONS | 3 |
| II. | ICE AND ICEBERGS | 7 |
| III. | TRIBES AROUND THE POLE | 13 |
| IV. | ULTIMA THULE | 26 |
| V. | FIRST CROSSING OF THE THRESHOLD | 30 |
| VI. | THE NORSEMEN IN GREENLAND | 38 |
| VII. | NICHOLAS OF LYNN. ZENO. MEDIEVAL NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS | 53 |
| VIII. | FIRST ENGLISH VOYAGES TO THE NORTH-EAST. WILLOUGHBY. CHANCELLOR. BURROUGH. PET | 58 |
| IX. | BARENTSZ. LINSCHOTEN. DE VEER | 68 |
| X. | SIR MARTIN FROBISHER | 81 |
| XI. | JOHN DAVIS | 93 |
| XII. | THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS AND RICHARD HAKLUYT | 104 |
| XIII. | GREENLAND VOYAGE OF HALL AND BAFFIN | 112 |
| XIV. | EARLY SPITSBERGEN VOYAGES | 117 |
| XV. | EARLY VOYAGES TO HUDSON’S BAY | 129 |
| XVI. | WILLIAM BAFFIN | 138 |
| XVII. | JENS ERIKSEN MUNK. FOXE AND JAMES. WOOD | 149 |
| XVIII. | HANS EGEDE AND DANISH GREENLAND | 158 |
| XIX. | THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. HEARNE AND MACKENZIE, COOK AND PHIPPS | 165 |
| XX. | RUSSIAN ARCTIC DISCOVERIES | 175 |
| XXI. | THE BRITISH WHALE FISHERY AND THE SCORESBYS | 188 |
| XXII. | BUCHAN AND ROSS | 198 |
| XXIII. | PARRY AND HIS SCHOOL | 205 |
| XXIV. | DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH COAST OF AMERICA. FRANKLIN. RICHARDSON. BACK. DEASE. SIMPSON. RAE | 222 |
| XXV. | JOHN ROSS, JAMES ROSS, AND THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE | 233 |
| XXVI. | THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION | 238 |
| XXVII. | THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. I | 248 |
| XXVIII. | THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. II | 263 |
| XXIX. | DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF FRANKLIN | 272 |
| XXX. | THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. SCORESBY. CLAVERING. GRAAH. KOLDEWEY | 279 |
| XXXI. | SPITSBERGEN. EXPEDITIONS BEFORE 1872 | 285 |
| XXXII. | FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND ITS EXPLORERS | 289 |
| XXXIII. | THE ROUTE BY SMITH SOUND. KANE. HAYES. HALL. NARES. MARKHAM | 298 |
| XXXIV. | SIR ALLEN YOUNG AND THE PANDORA. AMUNDSEN AND THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE | 311 |
| XXXV. | WEYPRECHT’S PLAN FOR SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS. THE GREELY EXPEDITION | 316 |
| XXXVI. | THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE. NORDENSKIÖLD. WIGGINS. DE LONG | 322 |
| XXXVII. | GREENLAND AND ITS INLAND ICE. NORDENSKIÖLD, NANSEN, PEARY | 331 |
| XXXVIII. | THE TRANS-POLAR DRIFT. NANSEN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE FRAM | 340 |
| XXXIX. | THE PARRY ARCHIPELAGO. SVERDRUP | 347 |
| XL. | ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. CAGNI. COOK. PEARY | 351 |
| XLI. | KOOLEMANS BEYNEN AND THE VOYAGES OF THE WILLEM BARENTSZ. SIR MARTIN CONWAY AND SPITSBERGEN. CAPTAIN BERNIER AND CANADIAN ARCTIC LANDS | 358 |
| XLII. | EAST COAST OF GREENLAND. DANISH EXPEDITIONS | 364 |
| XLIII. | LATER GREENLAND EXPLORATIONS. MIKKELSEN. RASMUSSEN. KOCH | 376 |
| XLIV. | CONCLUSION | 383 |
| PART II | ||
| XLV. | THE GREAT SOUTHERN CONTINENT | 389 |
| XLVI. | CAPTAIN COOK. BELLINGSHAUSEN | 394 |
| XLVII. | THE SOUTH SHETLANDS. FOSTER. WEDDELL | 398 |
| XLVIII. | ENDERBY AND HIS CAPTAINS: BISCOE—KEMPE—BALLENY | 403 |
| XLIX. | DUMONT D’URVILLE AND WILKES | 407 |
| L. | FIRST ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS | 410 |
| LI. | SECOND ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS | 418 |
| LII. | THIRD ANTARCTIC VOYAGE OF SIR JAMES ROSS | 422 |
| LIII. | ANTARCTIC OCEANOGRAPHY | 426 |
| LIV. | REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION | 430 |
| LV. | PRIVATE EXPEDITIONS—BORCHGREVINK. GERLACHE. NORDENSKIÖLD. BRUCE. DRYGALSKI. CHARCOT. FILCHNER | 433 |
| LVI. | PREPARATIONS FOR THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION | 444 |
| LVII. | THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. FIRST YEAR | 455 |
| LVIII. | THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. THE MORNING | 466 |
| LIX. | THE SOCIETIES’ ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. SECOND YEAR | 471 |
| LX. | SHACKLETON’S ATTEMPT TO REACH THE POLE | 478 |
| LXI. | AMUNDSEN’S JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH POLE | 482 |
| LXII. | MAWSON’S EXPEDITION | 486 |
| LXIII. | CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION. I. | 489 |
| LXIV. | CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION. THE END | 500 |
| LXV. | REMAINING ANTARCTIC WORK | 505 |
| CHRONOLOGY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS | 509 | |
| BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLAR VOYAGES AND TRAVELS | 514 | |
| INDEX | 519 | |