Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Map
- I INTRODUCTION
- II THE EQUIPMENT
- III ‘SKI’ AND ‘SKILÖBNING’
- IV THE VOYAGE TO ICELAND
- V CRUISING IN THE ICE
- VI THE BLADDER-NOSE SEAL AND ITS CAPTURE
- VII LIFE ON THE ‘JASON’
- VIII ATTEMPT TO LAND—DRIFTING IN THE ICE
- IX STILL DRIFTING
- X THE ICE-BELT OF THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO PENETRATE IT
- XI THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND
- XII THE EAST COAST—AN ESKIMO ENCAMPMENT
- XIII THE EAST COAST—ANOTHER STAGE NORTHWARDS
- XIV THE EAST COAST—FURTHER DEALINGS WITH THE ESKIMO
- XV OUR LAST ENCAMPMENT ON THE EAST COAST
- XVI PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORATION OF THE ‘INLAND ICE’
- Plate section
I - INTRODUCTION
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Map
- I INTRODUCTION
- II THE EQUIPMENT
- III ‘SKI’ AND ‘SKILÖBNING’
- IV THE VOYAGE TO ICELAND
- V CRUISING IN THE ICE
- VI THE BLADDER-NOSE SEAL AND ITS CAPTURE
- VII LIFE ON THE ‘JASON’
- VIII ATTEMPT TO LAND—DRIFTING IN THE ICE
- IX STILL DRIFTING
- X THE ICE-BELT OF THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO PENETRATE IT
- XI THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND
- XII THE EAST COAST—AN ESKIMO ENCAMPMENT
- XIII THE EAST COAST—ANOTHER STAGE NORTHWARDS
- XIV THE EAST COAST—FURTHER DEALINGS WITH THE ESKIMO
- XV OUR LAST ENCAMPMENT ON THE EAST COAST
- XVI PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORATION OF THE ‘INLAND ICE’
- Plate section
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- The First Crossing of Greenland , pp. 1 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1890