ROBERT E. PEARY
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
THE NORTH POLE
CHAPTER I THE PLAN
CHAPTER II PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER III THE START
CHAPTER IV UP TO CAPE YORK
CHAPTER V WELCOME FROM THE ESKIMOS
CHAPTER VI AN ARCTIC OASIS
CHAPTER VII ODD CUSTOMS OF AN ODD PEOPLE
CHAPTER VIII GETTING RECRUITS
CHAPTER IX A WALRUS HUNT
CHAPTER X KNOCKING AT THE GATEWAY TO THE POLE
CHAPTER XI CLOSE QUARTERS WITH THE ICE
CHAPTER XII THE ICE FIGHT GOES ON
CHAPTER XIII CAPE SHERIDAN AT LAST
CHAPTER XIV IN WINTER QUARTERS
CHAPTER XV THE AUTUMN WORK
CHAPTER XVI THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE ARCTIC
CHAPTER XVII MUSK-OXEN AT LAST
CHAPTER XVIII THE LONG NIGHT
CHAPTER XIX THE ROOSEVELT'S NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER XX CHRISTMAS ON THE ROOSEVELT
CHAPTER XXI ARCTIC ICE SLEDGING AS IT REALLY IS
CHAPTER XXII ESSENTIALS THAT BROUGHT SUCCESS
CHAPTER XXIII OFF ACROSS THE FROZEN SEA AT LAST
CHAPTER XXIV THE FIRST OPEN WATER
CHAPTER XXV SOME OF MY ESKIMOS LOSE THEIR NERVE
CHAPTER XXVI BORUP'S FARTHEST NORTH
CHAPTER XXVII GOOD-BY TO MARVIN
CHAPTER XXVIII WE BREAK ALL RECORDS
CHAPTER XXIX BARTLETT REACHES 87 47'
CHAPTER XXX THE FINAL SPURT BEGUN
CHAPTER XXXI ONLY ONE DAY FROM THE POLE
CHAPTER XXXII WE REACH THE POLE
CHAPTER XXXIII GOOD-BY TO THE POLE
CHAPTER XXXIV BACK TO LAND AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXV LAST DAYS AT CAPE SHERIDAN
APPENDIX I Summary of Bathymetrical, Tidal, and Meteorological
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III
IS PROGRESS A TRUTH?
THE EDWARDS FAMILY.
SONNET.
THE GREEN-CORN DANCE.
ROSIN THE BOW. A FANTASIA.
THE GRAVEYARD AT PRINCETON.
AMONG THE PINES.
THE LESSON OF WAR.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
SPHINX AND OEDIPUS.
THE ACTRESS WIFE.
A SONG OF FREEDOM.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE DARKIES. A NEW AND ORIGINAL PLAN FOR SAVING THE UNION ON SOUTHERN PRINCIPLES.
THE SLAVE-TRADE IN NEW YORK.
LITERARY NOTICES
BOOKS RECEIVED.
EDITOR'S TABLE
FOOTNOTES:
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE AND NATIONAL POLICY. FEBURARY, 1862.