
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF H.M.S. “ALERT.”
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Map
- CHAPTER I FITTING OUT
- CHAPTER II THE VOYAGE TO DISCO
- CHAPTER III THE GREENLAND SETTLEMENTS
- CHAPTER IV MELVILLE BAY AND THE NORTH WATER
- CHAPTER V SMITH SOUND
- CHAPTER VI STRUGGLES WITH THE ICE
- CHAPTER VII A WALRUS HUNT. DOG DRIVING
- CHAPTER VIII SLOW PROGRESS THROUGH THE ICE
- CHAPTER IX KENNEDY CHANNEL
- CHAPTER X THE CROSSING OF THE THRESHOLD
- CHAPTER XI FLOE-BERG BEACH
- CHAPTER XII AUTUMN TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER XIII WINTER QUARTERS
- CHAPTER XIV THE ROYAL ARCTIC THEATRE
- CHAPTER XV WINTER OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS
- CHAPTER XVI AN ARCTIC CHRISTMAS
- CHAPTER XVII A HAPPY NEW YEAR
- CHAPTER XVIII RETURN OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER XIX DETAILS OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER XX THE JOURNEY OF EGERTON AND RAWSON
- CHAPTER XXI THE ROUTINE OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER XXII THE NORTHERN DIVISION–TRAVELLING IN APRIL
- CHAPTER XXIII THE MOST NORTHERN POINT EVER REACHED BY MAN
- CHAPTER XXIV RETURN OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION
- CHAPTER XXV RETURN OF ALL THE SLEDGE TRAVELLERS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE RETURN VOYAGE IN THE ICE
- CHAPTER XXVII HOMEWARD BOUND
- APPENDICES
- INDEX
CHAPTER II - THE VOYAGE TO DISCO
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF H.M.S. “ALERT.”
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Map
- CHAPTER I FITTING OUT
- CHAPTER II THE VOYAGE TO DISCO
- CHAPTER III THE GREENLAND SETTLEMENTS
- CHAPTER IV MELVILLE BAY AND THE NORTH WATER
- CHAPTER V SMITH SOUND
- CHAPTER VI STRUGGLES WITH THE ICE
- CHAPTER VII A WALRUS HUNT. DOG DRIVING
- CHAPTER VIII SLOW PROGRESS THROUGH THE ICE
- CHAPTER IX KENNEDY CHANNEL
- CHAPTER X THE CROSSING OF THE THRESHOLD
- CHAPTER XI FLOE-BERG BEACH
- CHAPTER XII AUTUMN TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER XIII WINTER QUARTERS
- CHAPTER XIV THE ROYAL ARCTIC THEATRE
- CHAPTER XV WINTER OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS
- CHAPTER XVI AN ARCTIC CHRISTMAS
- CHAPTER XVII A HAPPY NEW YEAR
- CHAPTER XVIII RETURN OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER XIX DETAILS OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER XX THE JOURNEY OF EGERTON AND RAWSON
- CHAPTER XXI THE ROUTINE OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER XXII THE NORTHERN DIVISION–TRAVELLING IN APRIL
- CHAPTER XXIII THE MOST NORTHERN POINT EVER REACHED BY MAN
- CHAPTER XXIV RETURN OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION
- CHAPTER XXV RETURN OF ALL THE SLEDGE TRAVELLERS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE RETURN VOYAGE IN THE ICE
- CHAPTER XXVII HOMEWARD BOUND
- APPENDICES
- INDEX
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- The Great Frozen SeaA Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875–6, pp. 15 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1878