Contents
Chapter I
The Origin of the Expedition. A memorable meeting. Inklings of a plot. My innocent enthusiasm.
Our personnel. I put the proposition up to Triplett Page 17
Chapter II
Our triumphant departure. A man missing. Wigmore’s gallant embarkation. The Kawa herself. A new idea in construction.
A few boresome details Page 31
Chapter III
The choice of a route. Off at last. We take aboard a passenger. Seeds of discontent. Into the long twilight. Radio reversals. The ice at last.
Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution
Chapter IV
We reach the polar cap. The strange incident of the missing Orders. Who stole the papers? The Arctic summer. A sportsman’s Paradise.
Notes from my journal. Whinney’s sad experience
Chapter V
The last ten miles. A mental observation. We lose our magnetic bowsprit. The Big Peg at last! “The Lady, first!”
We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision
Chapter VI
Fatal procrastination. Our one-dimensional position. An extraordinary ornithological display. I confide in Swank. His plan.
I capture my vision. The Klinkas. An embarrassing incident Page 131
Chapter VII
Still procrastinating. Our pastimes at the Pole. An exchange of love-tokens. Ikik’s avowal.
Caught in the embrace of the Aurora Page 163
Chapter VIII
The Arctic Night. The temptation of Traprock. The pros and cons of falling. We solve an age-old riddle. Our Polar Christmas.
The love-philtre. Abandonment Page 181
Chapter IX
Sausalito’s strategy. Orders must be obeyed. We turn southward. The parting. Mutiny and desertion. In the grip of the Ice King.
A fight to the finish. Victory
Chapter X
In home waters. The celebration in our honor. And what of my companions?
Reveries and Recollections. The End Page 229