EDITOR'S PREFACE. -- CONTENTS. -- IN THE LENA DELTA. -- CHAPTER I. -- OFF FOR THE POLE. -- The Jeannette Expedition. -- Our Departure. -- Unalaska. -- St. Michael's. -- The Tchuchees. -- Nordenskjöld. -- Frozen in. -- Herald Island. -- CHAPTER II. -- DRIFTING. -- Shipboard Economy. -- A Frozen Wave. -- Lead-Poisoning. -- My Visit to Henrietta Island. -- CHAPTER III. -- CAST UPON THE ICE. -- Life in the Upper Cabin. -- Our Situation. -- The Jeannette goes down. -- Camping. -- Marching. -- CHAPTER IV. -- RETREATING OVER THE PACK. -- Game. -- Retrogression. -- Beans. -- Progress at last. -- Bennett Island. -- In the Boats. -- Our Dogs. -- Threading the Leads. -- CHAPTER V. -- VOYAGE OF THE WHALE-BOAT. -- Weathering the Gale. -- Our Sea-Anchor. -- Siberia in Sight. -- CHAPTER VI. -- ON THE LENA DELTA. -- Sailing up Stream. -- The Hut. -- Our Frozen Limbs. -- Meeting with the Natives. -- Learning their Language. -- CHAPTER VII. -- UP THE LENA. -- My Unsuccessful Effort "to go it alone." -- Vasilli Kool Gar. -- My Duck Diplomacy. -- Fears of Scurvy. -- Arii, the Deserted Village. -- Spiridon,the Ugly Starosti. -- Siberian Ice-Cellars. -- Jamaveloch. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- AT JAMAVELOCH. -- Nicolai Chagra. -- An Impressive Pantomime. -- The "Red Fiend." -- Over-ripe but Green Geese. -- Devotions. -- A Balogan described. -- CHAPTER IX. -- SIBERIAN LIFE. -- Balked again. -- The "Balogan Americanski." -- A Row with the Starosti. -- Catching Fish. -- Deer and Geese Hunting. -- CHAPTER X. -- KUSMATO OUR RESCUE. -- Incidents in our Balogan. -- Kusma. -- Faithless Spiridon. -- CHAPTER XI. -- A STEP FORWARD. -- Kusma's Coming. -- Nindemann and Noros. -- I start for Belun. -- Siberian Dog-Sleds. -- A Storm. -- Ku Mark Surt. -- CHAPTER XII. -- AT BELUN. -- I am Admired. -- Deer-Sleds. -- Buruloch. -- Native Gossips. -- Meeting with Nindemann and Noros.

Their Piteous Story. -- The Malinki Pope. -- An Unexpected Visit from Bartlett. -- Back to Buruloch. -- CHAPTER XIII. -- SEARCHING FOR DELONG. -- Bieshoff. -- Poor Jack Cole. -- I start in quest of De Long. -- At Ku Mark Surt again. -- How to eat Raw Fish. -- The Maiden with the Lively Tresses. -- Bulcour. -- "The Place of the Three Crosses." -- Sleeping in the Snow. -- Mat Vay. -- A Clue. -- CHAPTER XIV. -- LOSING THE TRAIL. -- Treachery. -- I make a Cannibalistic Threat. -- Cass Carta. -- A Late Supper of Deer Hoofs and Horns. -- Benumbed. -- Another Night in the Snow. -- "Balogan Soak." -- North Belun. -- I dive into a Hut and "receive." -- Two Precious Bumagas. -- A Yakut Bride. -- Sleeping in Close Quarters. -- An Ignoble Economy. -- Definite Tidings. -- CHAPTER XV. -- A TRIP TO THE ARCTIC SHORE. -- Ballok. -- The "Boos Byral." -- The Cache. -- I am Hoodwinked again. -- Topographical Revelations. -- Myacks. -- Our Despised "Mock" and "Tas." -- A Coveted Demijohn. -- Phadee Achin. -- CHAPTER XVI. -- STRUGGLING W I T H BOREAS. -- Daring the Storm. -- The Suffering of the Dogs. -- At Macha. -- "Ballook soak!" -- Foot-Prints. -- Straying. -- Sister Ganak. -- Odorous Offal for Supper. -- Remorseless Weather. -- Qu Vina. -- More Offal. -- Vos Crusina. -- A Bone Cache. -- River Bergs. -- Seeking Refuge in the Snow. -- Breakfasting on Putrid Deer Bones. -- CHAPTER XVII. -- END OF MY FIRST SEARCH. -- Forcing the Journey. -- "Oo,oo." -- Bulcour. -- Rough Repairing. -- "Paddy" despairs. -- But quickly revives. -- And performs Wonders. -- Ku Mark Surt. -- Buruloch. -- My Deer Train. -- On to Belun. -- Tedious Progress. -- Ajaket. -- Belun. -- Epatchieff. -- CHAPTER XVIII. -- FROM BELUN TO VERKERANSK. -- My Record of the Journey. -- Minus 45 º Réaumur. -- A Russian's Views of America and her Institutions. -- Kasharofski. -- M.Leon.

My Letter of Instructions. -- A Visit to the Hut of the Exiles. -- Leon's Case. -- Life at Verkeransk. -- Facts about the Political Exiles. -- CHAPTER XIX. -- FROM VERKERANSK TO YAKUTSK. -- Penavitch. -- Doctor Buali. -- His Sad Story. -- Those Terrible Nihilists. -- "A Dead Nihilist and a Dead Czar." -- Happy Lovers. -- I take a Remarkable Russian Bath, and a Very Bad Cold. -- Off to Yakutsk. -- Siberian Scenery. -- The Horse and his Troubles. -- A Queer Predicament. -- Kangerack. -- Crossing the Divide. -- A Dangerous Descent. -- A Tunguse Home. -- Exasperating Yamshicks. -- A Sickening Sight. -- Native Grist-Mills. -- A Learned Exile. -- The Scaups. -- CHAPTER XX. -- AT YAKUTSK. -- The "Balogan Americanski." -- General Tschernaieff. -- How He received me. -- Mr. Danenhower and Party set out for America. -- Instructions from the Department. -- Praesnik. -- Preparations for my Second Search. -- Yakutsk Society. -- New Year's Eve. -- Nova Goat. -- The Bishop receives. -- Masquerading. -- Bulky Money. -- CHAPTER XXI. -- NORTH AGAIN. -- Off for Verkeransk. -- A Climatic Surprise. -- The Journey to Belun. -- Arrangements for the Search. -- A Rough Ride to Jamaveloch. -- Futile Attempts to dispatch Fish. -- A "Corner" in Fish. -- Indignant Coperts. -- The Gamblers of the Lena Delta. -- Paying off Old Scores. -- Humbled Nicolai and Repentant Spiridon. -- CHAPTER XXII. -- STORM-BOUND. -- Arctic Weather. -- Pedestrian Difficulties. -- Lost in the Village. -- Outstripping the Typhoon. -- Continuance of the Same Old Gale. -- A Yakut Solution of a Financial Problem. -- Off for Arii. -- Chul-Boy-Hoy. -- Golivar Compass. -- Turkanach. -- An Afflicted Family. -- Ordono. -- Qu Vina. -- At Cass Carta. -- Our Palatial Quarters. -- In Distress. -- Timely Relief. -- Together at Last. -- The Art of Broiling Steaks. -- A Reminiscence. -- A Twenty-Pound Drink.

Yakut and Tchuchee Filthiness. -- CHAPTER XXIII. -- FINDING THE BODIES. -- Getting Affairs in Shape. -- My Map of the Delta. -- Searching for Ericksen's Hut. -- Revelations. -- Contending with the Storm. -- The Yakut Fashion of Lighting Fires. -- A Miserable Night. -- Which Cape? -- A Clue. -- The Myack. -- Found. -- De Long's Ice-Journal and its Sad Entries. -- Positions of the Bodies. -- De Long's Pistol. -- A False Report. -- Dr. Ambler. -- Appearance of the Dead. -- "Dwee Pomree." -- CHAPTER XXIV. -- THE BURIAL. -- Bringing in the Dead. -- Writing under Difficulties. -- Selecting a Burial Ground. -- "Around the Corner." -- The Finding of Lee and Kaack. -- Monument Hill. -- Constructing the Coffin and Cross. -- Nindemann discovers Ericksen's Hut. -- Erecting the Tomb-Cairn. -- The Simple Obsequies. -- A Superstitious Soldatski. -- A Yakut Bumaga. -- CHAPTER XXV. -- SEARCHING FOR CHIPP. -- Mr.Gilder. -- Starting the Records off. -- Kigolak. -- Sava. -- Sabas Kokoo. -- Turak. -- Jaolak. -- The "Little Foxes." -- Chanker. -- The Alanek Country and Natives. -- The Village of Alanek. -- The Fate of Pronchishcheff. -- A Trip to the Graves of Pronchishcheff's Party. -- A Coastwise Search. -- Yakut Divorce Laws. -- Our Wretched Dogs. -- Koobalak. -- At Cass Carta again. -- Nindemann's and Bartlett's Searches. -- Journeying back to Jamaveloch. -- Native Coffins and Mode of Burial. -- CHAPTER XXVI. -- MY FINAL SEARCH TO THE JANA RIVER. -- The Rodgers. -- Mr.Gilder's Culpable Conduct. -- Harber and Schuetze. -- Noros and Jackson. -- Mr.Larsen. -- Jackson's Vandalism. -- Eating Wood. -- Shumomea. -- Oceansk. -- Mammoth Ivory. -- Off for Verkeransk. -- The Exiles once more. -- A Letter from Berry. -- On Horseback to Yakutsk. -- Our Miserable Equipment and Ride to Kangerack. -- The Rapid Thaw. -- "Jacksoned." -- The Experience of Bubokoff.

Kolinkin and Gilder. -- Siberian Cattle. -- CHAPTER XXVII. -- THROUGH SIBERIA. -- Meeting with Berry and Hunt. -- In the Valley of the Aldan. -- "Dismal John." -- Traveling through the Flooded District. -- A Tunguse Family en route. -- Crossing the Aldan. -- A Picturesque Scene. -- Arrival at Yakutsk. -- On board the Pioneer. -- Mosquitoes. -- Castellated Cliffs. -- Passing the Harber Party. -- Copert Barges. -- The Voyage to Karinsk. -- On the Constantine and the Tow-Boats. -- In the Tarantass. -- "Ivan," the ictitious Friend. -- Irkutsk. -- The Story of my Watch. -- CHAPTER XXVIII. -- HOMEWARD BOUND. -- Governor Anutchin. -- On to Tomsk. -- A Current Ferry-Boat. -- Agricultural Settlements. -- Rascally Stancia-Keepers and Yamshicks. -- Their Methods. -- Exiles in Droves. -- At Tomsk. -- The "Hotel Million." -- Attentive Mr.Hildenberger. -- On the River Obi. -- Tobolsk. -- Tuamen. -- Floating Jails. -- Ekaterinborg. -- Perm. -- Nijni Novgorod and the Great Bazaar. -- Moscow. -- St. Petersburg. -- Our Reception. -- A Day at Peterhof. -- Home. -- THE GREELY RELIEF EXPEDITION. -- CHAPTER I. -- NORTHWARD ONCE MORE. -- Failure of the Neptune, Proteus, and Yantic to Relieve Greely. -- My Proposal -- The Plan and Fitting Out of the Expedition -- St. John 's -- Disco Island -- CHAPTER II. -- RACING IN THE ARCTIC WATERS. -- Upernavik -- The Whalers -- Captain Walker's Story -- The Bear Aground -- Racing -- Nipped -- The Duck Islands -- Off Cape York -- Conical Rock -- CHAPTER III. -- THE RESCUE. -- Saunders Island -- Cape Parry -- Littleton Island -- Finding the Records -- The Greely Party -- Scenes at Camp Clay -- Preserving the Dead -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE RETURN VOYAGE. -- Reminiscences -- Foulke Fiord -- The Inconstant Esquimaux -- The Burial of Frederic Christiansen -- St.John's -- Portsmouth -- New York -- A PROPOSED METHOD OF REACHING THE NORTH POLE.

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