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Three years of Arctic service : an account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, and the attainment of the farthest north

Includes index · Volume I: Preface -- Orders and instructions governing the organization and management of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition -- 1. The pioneers of Smith Sound -- 2. International circumpolar stations -- 3. Greenland -- 4. Organization and equipment -- 5. The voyage to Upernivik -- 6. Melville Bay to Fort Conger -- 7. The return of the Proteus -- 8. Fort Conger -- 9. Autumn sledging -- 10. Sunlight to darkness -- 11. Our scientific observations -- 12. Hygiene and routine -- 13. Sledging in the Arctic twilight -- 14. Our first dark days -- 15. Christmas and the New Year -- 16. Winter events -- 17. Preparations for sledging -- 18. Thank God Harbor and Hall's grave -- 19. Establishing depots -- 20. Northward over the frozen sea -- 21. Chandler Fiord -- 22. Lake Hazen -- 23. The farthest north : Conger to Cape Bryant -- 24. The farthest north : Cape Bryant to Cape Washington -- 25. Lockwood Island and return -- 26. Springtime and summer -- 27. Summer explorations -- 28. Summer explorations (concluded) -- 29. Launch trips -- Volume II: 30. Our second winter -- 31. Northward again -- 32. The crossing of Grinnell Land -- 33. Polar ice -- 34. Preparations for retreat -- 35. F

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