CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECTS .... 1
II THE VOYAGE BEGINS 10
III WE MEET THE ICE AND GET A POLAR BEAR . 16
IV WE ARE FROZEN IN . 23
V OUR WESTWARD DRIFT BEGINS . ... 29
VI STEFANSSON'S DEPARTURE 34
VII DRIVEN BY THE STORM . 39
VIII WE DRIFT AWAY FROM THE LAND .... 48
IX IN WINTER QUARTERS 59
X THE ARCTIC NIGHT ........ 71
XI THE SINKING OF THE KARLUK 83
XII OUR HOME AT SHIPWRECK CAMP .... 93
XIII WE BEGIN OUR SLEDGING 105
XIV THE SUN COMES BACK 117
XV THE RETURN OF MAMEN AND THE DEPARTURE OF THE DOCTOR'S PARTY 124
XVI OVER THE ICE TOWARDS WRANGELL ISLAND . 137
XVII THROUGH THE PRESSURE RIDGE . . . .150
XVIII WE LAND ON WRANGELL ISLAND . . . .161
XIX KATAKTOVICK AND I START FOR SIBERIA . .171
XX ACROSS THE MOVING ICE . * . . . .179
XXI IN SIGHT OF LAND . . 194
XXII WE MEET THE CHUCKCHES . .... 207