The Romance of Polar Exploration / Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "ODiscoveryO"

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Preface

Publishers' Note

Contents

List of Illustrations

CHAPTER I THE ARCTIC REGION

CHAPTER II SIR JOHN FRANKLIN

CHAPTER III THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN

CHAPTER IV THE VOYAGE OF THE POLARIS

CHAPTER V THE ALERT AND DISCOVERY

CHAPTER VI THE GREELY EXPEDITION

CHAPTER VII PEARY IN GREENLAND

CHAPTER VIII NANSEN AND THE FRAM

CHAPTER IX FRANZ JOSEF LAND AND SPITZBERGEN

CHAPTER X THE POLAR METEORITES

CHAPTER XI THE SECOND VOYAGE OF THE FRAM

CHAPTER XII ITALY CLAIMS THE RECORD

CHAPTER XIII THE ANTARCTIC REGION

CHAPTER XIV VOYAGES OF THE EREBUS AND TERROR

CHAPTER XV THE SOUTHERN CROSS EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XVI THE REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC INTEREST

CHAPTER XVII THE SWEDISH EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XVIII BRITAIN HOLDS HER OWN

THE ROMANCE OF
POLAR EXPLORATION

INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCTIC AND
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE FROM THE EARLIEST
TIME TO THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY"

BY G. FIRTH SCOTT

AUTHOR OF "FROM FRANKLIN TO NANSEN," "THE ROMANCE
OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING," "COLONIAL BORN," &c.

 

WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

 

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THE ROMANCE OF SAVAGE LIFE
THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFE
THE ROMANCE OF EARLY BRITISH LIFE

By EDWARD GILLIAT, M.A.

THE ROMANCE OF MODERN SIEGES

By JOHN LEA, M.A.

THE ROMANCE OF BIRD LIFE

By JOHN LEA, M.A., & H. COUPIN, D.Sc.

THE ROMANCE OF ANIMAL ARTS AND CRAFTS

By SIDNEY WRIGHT

THE ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S FISHERIES

By the Rev. J. C. LAMBERT, M.A., D.D.

THE ROMANCE OF MISSIONARY HEROISM

By G. FIRTH SCOTT

THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION

By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, B.A. (Oxon.), F.R.G.S.

THE ROMANCE OF EARLY EXPLORATION
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN EXPLORATION
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN INVENTION
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN ENGINEERING
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN LOCOMOTION
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MINING

By CHARLES R. GIBSON, A.I.E.E.

THE ROMANCE OF MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY

By EDMUND SELOUS

THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
THE ROMANCE OF INSECT LIFE

By AGNES GIBERNE

THE ROMANCE OF THE MIGHTY DEEP

By E. S. GREW, M.A.

THE ROMANCE OF MODERN GEOLOGY

 

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