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Wild Adventures Round the Pole

by Gordon Stables

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  1. 1Epigraph — Chapter One — The Twin Rivers — A Busy Scene — Old Frien…
  2. 2Chapter Two — The Dinner by the Lake — Rory’s Run Round Africa — Th…
  3. 3Chapter Three — Retrospection — Ralph’s Home in England — A Hearty…
  4. 4Chapter Four — Life at Leigh Hall — The Launch of the “Arrandoon” —…
  5. 5Chapter Five — Danger on the Deep — A Forest of Waterspouts — The “…
  6. 6Chapter Six — A Life on the Ocean Wave — On the Rocks — Mystery — A…
  7. 7Chapter Seven — Sandie McFlail, M.D. — “Wha Wouldna’ Be a Sea-Bird?…
  8. 8Chapter Eight — A Gale From the Mountains — Daybreak in Iceland — T…
  9. 9Chapter Nine — Mount Hekla — The Great Geyser — A Narrow Escape — T…
  10. 10Chapter Ten — “Down With the Red Flag and Up With the Black!” — Vic…
  11. 11Chapter Eleven — The Voyage Resumed — A Pleasant Evening — “Those R…
  12. 12Chapter Twelve — The Isle of Jan Mayen — Retrospection — The Sea of…
  13. 13Chapter Thirteen — More About Freezing Powders — “Perseverando” — D…
  14. 14Chapter Fourteen — Anxious Hours…
  15. 15Chapter Fifteen
  16. 16Chapter Sixteen
  17. 17Chapter Seventeen — The Storm — The “Canny Scotia” in Distress — Ru…
  18. 18Chapter Eighteen — A New Arrival — The Dogs — Trapper Seth Becomes…
  19. 19Chapter Nineteen — “Silas Grig, His Yarn” — The White Whale — Afloa…
  20. 20Chapter Twenty — Seal-Stalking — A Glorious Day’s Sport — Piper Pet…
  21. 21Chapter Twenty One — The Coming Frost — Silas Warns the “Arrandoon”…
  22. 22Chapter Twenty Two — Captain Cobb Retires — More Torpedoing — The G…
  23. 23Chapter Twenty Three — Rory’s Reverie — Silas on the Scymnus Boreal…
  24. 24Chapter Twenty Four — May-Day in the Arctic Regions
  25. 25Chapter Twenty Five — Breaking Up of the Great Ice Pack — In the Ni…
  26. 26Chapter Twenty Six — An Adventure on the Pack — Separated From the…
  27. 27Chapter Twenty Seven — Working Along the Pack Edge — Among the Seal…
  28. 28Chapter Twenty Eight — A Wonderful Yankee — “Making Off” Skins — Pr…
  29. 29Chapter Twenty Nine — Northward Ho! — Hoisting Beacons — The White…
  30. 30Chapter Thirty — Land Ho! The Isle of Desolation — The Last Blink o…
  31. 31Chapter Thirty One — A Council — Preparing for Winter Quarters — Th…
  32. 32Chapter Thirty Two — The Terrible Snowstorm…
  33. 33Chapter Thirty Three — Another Winter at the Pole — Christmas Day —…
  34. 34Chapter Thirty Four — A Sailor’s Cottage — The Telegram — “Somethin…
  35. 35Chapter Thirty Five — The Rescue — Homeward Bound — All’s Well That…

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