A. W. Greely

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF MAPS

THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON

FRANKLIN'S CROSSING OF THE BARREN GROUNDS

THE RETREAT OF ROSS FROM THE VICTORY

THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

THE TIMELY SLEDGE JOURNEY OF BEDFORD PIM

KANE'S RESCUE OF HIS FREEZING SHIPMATES

HOW WOON WON PROMOTION

THE ANGEKOK KALUTUNAH AND THE STARVING WHITES

DR. RAE AND THE FRANKLIN MYSTERY

SONNTAG'S FATAL SLEDGE JOURNEY

THE HEROIC DEVOTION OF LADY JANE FRANKLIN

THE MARVELLOUS ICE-DRIFT OF CAPTAIN TYSON

THE SAVING OF PETERSEN

LIFE ON AN EAST GREENLAND ICE-PACK

PARR'S LONELY MARCH FROM THE GREAT FROZEN SEA

RELIEF OF AMERICAN WHALERS AT POINT BARROW

THE MISSIONARY'S ARCTIC TRAIL

SCHWATKA'S SUMMER SEARCH

THE INUIT SURVIVORS OF THE STONE AGE

THE FIDELITY OF ESKIMO BRONLUND

THE WIFELY HEROISM OF MERTUK, THE DAUGHTER OF SHUNG-HU

THE SCRIBNER SERIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

FOOTNOTES:

Transcriber's Notes

DR KANE'S MEN HAULING THEIR BOAT OVER ROUGH ICE.
From a sketch by Dr. Kane.

TRUE TALES OF ARCTIC HEROISM
IN THE NEW WORLD

BY
MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U. S. ARMY

GOLD-MEDALLIST ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND OF SOCIÉTÉ DE GÉOGRAPHIE

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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