| CHAPTER I. |
| Cause of delay in equipment—Fittings of the 'Fox'—Volunteers for Arctic service—Assistance from public departments—Reflections upon the undertaking—Instructions and departure—Orkneys and Greenland—Fine Arctic scenery—Danish establishments in Greenland—Frederickshaab, in Davis' Straits, | Page 1 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Fiskernaes and Esquimaux—The 'Fox' reaches Disco—Disco Fiord—Summer scenery—Waigat Strait—Coaling from the mine—Purchasing Esquimaux dogs—Heavy gale off Upernivik—Melville Bay—The middle ice—The great glacier of Greenland—Reindeer cross the glacier, | 19 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Melville Bay—Beset in Melville Bay—Signs of winter—The coming storm—Drifting in the pack—Canine appetite—Resigned to a winter in the pack—Dinner stolen by sharks—The Arctic shark—White whales and killers, | 35 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Snow crystals—Dog will not eat raven—An Arctic school—The dogs invade us—Bear-hunting by night—Ice-artillery—Arctic palates—Sudden rise of temperature—Harvey's idea of a sortie, | 51 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Burial in the pack—Musk oxen in lat. 80° north—Thrift of the Arctic fox—The aurora affects the electrometer—An Arctic Christmas—Sufferings of an Arctic party—Ice acted on by wind only—How the sun ought to be welcomed—Constant action of the ice—Return of the seals—Revolving storm, | 67 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| A bear-fight—An ice-nip—Strong gales, rapid drift—The 'Fox' breaks out of the pack—Hanging on to floe-edge—The Arctic bear—An ice tournament—The 'Fox' in peril—A storm in the pack—Escape from the pack, | 84 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| A holiday in Greenland—A lady blue with cold—The loves of Greenlanders—Close shaving—Meet the whalers—Information of whalers—Disco—Danish hospitality—Sail from Disco—Kindness of the whalers—Danish establishments in Greenland, | 100 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| 'Fox' nearly wrecked—Afloat, and push ahead—Arctic hairbreadth escapes—Nearly caught in the pack—Shooting little auks—The Arctic Highlanders—Cape York—Crimson snow—Struggling to the westward—Reach the West-land—Off the entrance of Lancaster Sound, | 116 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Off Cape Warrender—Sight the whalers again—Enter Pond's Bay—Communicate with Esquimaux—Ascend Pond's Inlet—Esquimaux information—Arctic summer abode—An Arctic village—No intelligence of Franklin's ships—Arctic trading—Geographical information of natives—Information of Rae's visit—Improvidence of Esquimaux—Travels of Esquimaux, | 132 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Leave Pond's Bay—A gale in Lancaster Sound—The Beechey Island Depôt—An Arctic monument—Reflections at Beechey Island—Proceed up Barrow's Strait—Peel Sound—Port Leopold—Prince Regent's Inlet—Bellot Strait—Flood-tide from the west—Unsuccessful efforts—Fox's Hole—No water to the west—Precautionary measures—Fourth attempt to pass through, | 153 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Proceed westward in a boat—Cheerless state of the western sea—Struggles in Bellot Strait—Falcons, good Arctic fare—The resources of Boothia Felix—Future sledge travelling—Heavy gales—Hobson's party start—Winter quarters—Bellot Strait—Advanced depôt established—Observatories—Intense cold—Autumn travellers—Narrow escape, | 174 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Death of our engineer—Scarcity of game—The cold unusually trying—Jolly, under adverse circumstances—Petersen's information—Return of the sun of 1859—Early spring sledge-parties—Unusual severity of the winter—Severe hardships of early sledging—The western shores of Boothia—Meet the Esquimaux—Intelligence of Franklin's ships—Return to the 'Fox'—Allen Young returns, | 192 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Dr. Walker's sledge journey—Snow-blindness attacks Young's party—Departure of all sledge-parties—Equipment of sledge-parties—Meet the same party of natives—Intelligence of the second ship—My depôt robbed—Part company from Hobson—Matty Island—Deserted snow-huts—Native sledges—Land on King William's Land, | 217 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Meet Esquimaux—News of Franklin's people—Frighten a solitary party—Reach the Great Fish River—On Montreal Island—Total absence of all relics—Examine Ogle Peninsula—Discover a skeleton—Vagueness of Esquimaux information—Cape Herschel—Cairn, | 235 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| The cairn found empty—Discover Hobson's letter—Discovery of Crozier's record—The deserted boat—Articles discovered about the boat—The skeletons and relics—The boat belonged to the 'Erebus'—Conjectures, | 253 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Errors in Franklin's records—Relics found at the cairn—Reflections on the retreat—Returning homeward—Geological remarks—Difficulties of summer sledging—Arrive on board the 'Fox'—Navigable N.W. passage—Death from scurvy—Anxiety for Captain Young—Young returns safely, | 272 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| Signs of release—Dearth of animal life—Owl is good beef—Beat out of winter quarters—Our game-list—Reach Fury Beach—Escape from Regent's Inlet—In Baffin's Bay—Captain Allen Young's journey—Disco; sad disappointment—Part from our Esquimaux friends—Adieu to Greenland—Arrive home, | 292 |
| Conclusion, | 315 |
| APPENDIX. |
| No. I.—A Letter to Viscount Palmerston, K.G., &c., from Lady Franklin, | 319 |
| No. II.—Memorial to the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, M.P., G.C.B., | 329 |
| No. III.—List of Relics of the Franklin Expedition brought to England in the 'Fox' by Captain M'Clintock, | 334 |
| No. IV.—Geological Account of the Arctic Archipelago, by Professor Haughton, | 341 |
| No. V.—List of Subscribers to the 'Fox' Expedition, | 373 |