{"product_id":"2940013183872","title":"THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ARCTIC REGION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystery of the North Pole--The First Explorer--\"The Great\u003cbr\u003eDark Wall at the End of the World\"--\"Frost-Smoke\"--The\u003cbr\u003eLights and Sounds of the North--The Aurora Borealis--Mock\u003cbr\u003eMoons--The Early Adventurers: Willoughby, Frobisher, Davis,\u003cbr\u003eHudson, Baffin, Ross, and Parry--The North-West Passage           17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIR JOHN FRANKLIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Franklin--His Dreams of Adventure--He becomes a Sailor--His\u003cbr\u003eFirst Arctic Expedition--Fails to get through Behring\u003cbr\u003eStraits--Explores Baffin's Bay--The 1845 Expedition--The\u003cbr\u003e_Erebus_ and _Terror_--The \"Good-bye\" at Greenland--Wellington\u003cbr\u003eChannel--They select Winter Quarters--Discovery of the\u003cbr\u003eNorth-West Passage--Death of Franklin--Prisoned in the Ice--The\u003cbr\u003eCrew Abandon the Ships--Defeat and Death                          25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Parker's Report--Government offers a Reward--Dr. Rae's\u003cbr\u003eExpedition--Captain McClure's Voyage in the _Investigator_--Hardships\u003cbr\u003eand Perils--The Meeting with the _Herald_--Lady Franklin still\u003cbr\u003eHopeful--Sir F. L. McClintock's Expedition in the _Fox_ with Lieutenant\u003cbr\u003eHobson--Their Sad and Fatal Discoveries--Lieutenant Schwatka recovers\u003cbr\u003ethe Body of Lieutenant Irving                                     42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VOYAGE OF THE _POLARIS_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Captain Hall--Crew determine to Return--Are Frozen in--A\u003cbr\u003eParty take to the Ice and are Cast Away--They build themselves\u003cbr\u003eSnow Huts--They find some Seals--An Adventure with Bears--The\u003cbr\u003ePerils of the Spring--They sight the _Tigress_ and are\u003cbr\u003eSaved--The Ship-party's Story and Rescue                          69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE _ALERT_ AND _DISCOVERY_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir George Nares appointed to the _Alert_ and _Discovery_--Overtaking\u003cbr\u003ea Season--Red Snow--The Greenland Mosquito--Peculiarities\u003cbr\u003eof Eskimo Dogs--And Dog Whips--Dangers of Kayaks--Advantages\u003cbr\u003eof Steam for Polar Regions--An Unpleasant Experience--A Huge\u003cbr\u003eWalrus--Arctic Scenery--A Big \"Bag\"--The Ships part\u003cbr\u003eCompany--The _Alert_ reaches the Polar Sea--Winter Quarters--The\u003cbr\u003eNorth Pole attempted--Adventures and Sufferings of the\u003cbr\u003eParty--Lieutenant Parr's Heroism--Deliverance--The Greenland\u003cbr\u003eAttempt--Scurvy and Snow--Repulse Bay--In Pitiable\u003cbr\u003ePlight--Lieutenant Rawson to the Rescue                           83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GREELY EXPEDITION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Scheme of the Expedition--Fort Conger--Arctic Wolves--Atmospheric\u003cbr\u003eMarvels--A Terrific Storm--Influence of the Sun--Lieutenant\u003cbr\u003eLockwood's Expedition--The Second Winter--Preparations\u003cbr\u003efor Departure--They leave Fort Conger--A Remarkable Ice\u003cbr\u003ePassage--They fail to make Cape Sabine--A New Camp--Rations running\u003cbr\u003eShort--Fruitless Efforts to reach Food Depôts--Starvation and\u003cbr\u003eDeath--A Bitter Blow--The Arrival of the _Thetis_                114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePEARY IN GREENLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Greenland Question--Departure of the _Kite_--Peary breaks his\u003cbr\u003eLeg--A Camp made--Habits of the Eskimo--A Brush with\u003cbr\u003eWalrus--\"Caching\" Food--An Arctic Christmas Feast--Peary starts\u003cbr\u003efor the Great Ice-Cap--A Snow Sahara--The Ice-Cap Crossed--A\u003cbr\u003eMarvellous Discovery--Sails on Sledges--A Safe Return            146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNANSEN AND THE _FRAM_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNansen's Theories of Arctic Currents and Shipbuilding--His Theories\u003cbr\u003eadopted--The _Fram_ Built--A Start made--The Kara Sea\u003cbr\u003ereached--Good Hunting--The Ice Current reached--Frozen\u003cbr\u003ein--A Raid by a Bear--Will the _Fram_ stand the Pressure?--Preparing\u003cbr\u003efor Calamity--A Conclusive Test--Causes of Ice\u003cbr\u003eMovements--Life on the _Fram_--Nansen and Johansen leave\u003cbr\u003ethe _Fram_--They reach their \"Farthest North\"--Incidents of\u003cbr\u003etheir Return Journey--Some Narrow Escapes--The Meeting\u003cbr\u003ewith Jackson--Arrival of the _Fram_                              173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANZ JOSEF LAND AND SPITZBERGEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition--Object of the Expedition--An\u003cbr\u003eInteresting Experiment--The Franz Josef Land Question settled--A Group\u003cbr\u003eof Islands, not a Continent--Conway at Spitzbergen--Ancient\u003cbr\u003eHistory--Bygone Splendours--Scenery in the Making--The Romance of\u003cbr\u003eAndrée--Another Riddle                                           220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE POLAR METEORITES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEskimo Iron--A Mystery of 1818--Search and Failure--Peary and\u003cbr\u003ehis Huskies--The Secret revealed--An Eskimo Legend--At\u003cbr\u003ethe Iron Mountain--Removing the Trophies--A Massive Giant--Attack\u003cbr\u003eand Defence--The Giant Objects--A Narrow Escape--Conquered       236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECOND VOYAGE OF THE _FRAM_","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069953786096,"sku":"2940013183872","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013183872_p0.jpg?v=1763577489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013183872","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}