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True Tales Of Artic Heroism In The New World
True Tales Of Artic Heroism In The New World
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CONTENTS
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THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON 1
FRANKLIN'S CROSSING OF THE BARREN GROUNDS 13
THE RETREAT OF ROSS FROM THE _VICTORY_ 37
THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE 55
THE TIMELY SLEDGE JOURNEY OF BEDFORD PIM 71
KANE'S RESCUE OF HIS FREEZING SHIPMATES 91
HOW WOON WON PROMOTION 105
THE ANGEKOK KALUTUNAH AND THE STARVING WHITES 119
DR. RAE AND THE FRANKLIN MYSTERY 137
SONNTAG'S FATAL SLEDGE JOURNEY 155
THE HEROIC DEVOTION OF LADY JANE FRANKLIN 169
THE MARVELLOUS ICE-DRIFT OF CAPTAIN TYSON 187
THE SAVING OF PETERSEN 213
LIFE ON AN EAST GREENLAND ICE-PACK 231
PARR'S LONELY MARCH FROM THE GREAT FROZEN SEA 251
RELIEF OF AMERICAN WHALERS AT POINT BARROW 269
THE MISSIONARY'S ARCTIC TRAIL 293
SCHWATKA'S SUMMER SEARCH 311
THE INUIT SURVIVORS OF THE STONE AGE 329
THE FIDELITY OF ESKIMO BRÖNLUND 347
THE WIFELY HEROISM OF MERTUK, THE DAUGHTER OF SHUNG-HU 367
ILLUSTRATIONS
DR. KANE'S MEN HAULING THEIR BOAT OVER ROUGH ICE _Frontispiece_
From a sketch by Dr. Kane.
FACING
PAGE
HENRY HUDSON'S LAST VOYAGE 4
From the painting by the Hon. John Collier.
"WE WERE NEARLY CARRIED OFF, BOAT AND ALL,
MANY TIMES DURING THIS DREADFUL NIGHT" 208
From Tyson's Arctic Experiences.
A GROUP OF THE ESKIMO INUITS 334
LIST OF MAPS
PAGE
THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF THE NEW WORLD 2
HUDSON BAY AND HUDSON STRAIT 5
BARREN GROUNDS OF NORTHWESTERN CANADA 16
BOOTHIA PENINSULA AND NORTH SOMERSET 41
FRANKLIN'S ROUTE ON NORTHWEST PASSAGE 58
ROUTE OF PIM'S SLEDGE JOURNEY 75
SMITH SOUND AND WEST GREENLAND 95
BOOTHIA AND MELVILLE PENINSULAS 141
KING WILLIAM LAND 177
ROBESON CHANNEL AND LADY FRANKLIN BAY 217
SOUTHEASTERN GREENLAND 235
GREAT FROZEN SEA AND ROBESON CHANNEL 255
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA 273
LIVERPOOL BAY REGION 297
AMDRUP AND HAZEN LANDS, GREENLAND 351
[Illustration]
THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON
"You, Philip Staffe, the only one who chose
Freely to share with us the shallop's fate,
Rather than travel in the hell-bound ship--
Too good an English sailor to desert
Your crippled comrades."
--VAN DYKE.
On the walls of the great Tate Gallery in London are many famous
pictures, but few draw more attention from the masses or excite a
livelier human interest among the travelled than does "The Last Voyage
of Henry Hudson." While the artist dwells most on the courage of Henry
Hudson, he recalls the loyalty of Philip Staffe and thus unites high
human qualities ever admired.
PAGE
THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON 1
FRANKLIN'S CROSSING OF THE BARREN GROUNDS 13
THE RETREAT OF ROSS FROM THE _VICTORY_ 37
THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE 55
THE TIMELY SLEDGE JOURNEY OF BEDFORD PIM 71
KANE'S RESCUE OF HIS FREEZING SHIPMATES 91
HOW WOON WON PROMOTION 105
THE ANGEKOK KALUTUNAH AND THE STARVING WHITES 119
DR. RAE AND THE FRANKLIN MYSTERY 137
SONNTAG'S FATAL SLEDGE JOURNEY 155
THE HEROIC DEVOTION OF LADY JANE FRANKLIN 169
THE MARVELLOUS ICE-DRIFT OF CAPTAIN TYSON 187
THE SAVING OF PETERSEN 213
LIFE ON AN EAST GREENLAND ICE-PACK 231
PARR'S LONELY MARCH FROM THE GREAT FROZEN SEA 251
RELIEF OF AMERICAN WHALERS AT POINT BARROW 269
THE MISSIONARY'S ARCTIC TRAIL 293
SCHWATKA'S SUMMER SEARCH 311
THE INUIT SURVIVORS OF THE STONE AGE 329
THE FIDELITY OF ESKIMO BRÖNLUND 347
THE WIFELY HEROISM OF MERTUK, THE DAUGHTER OF SHUNG-HU 367
ILLUSTRATIONS
DR. KANE'S MEN HAULING THEIR BOAT OVER ROUGH ICE _Frontispiece_
From a sketch by Dr. Kane.
FACING
PAGE
HENRY HUDSON'S LAST VOYAGE 4
From the painting by the Hon. John Collier.
"WE WERE NEARLY CARRIED OFF, BOAT AND ALL,
MANY TIMES DURING THIS DREADFUL NIGHT" 208
From Tyson's Arctic Experiences.
A GROUP OF THE ESKIMO INUITS 334
LIST OF MAPS
PAGE
THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF THE NEW WORLD 2
HUDSON BAY AND HUDSON STRAIT 5
BARREN GROUNDS OF NORTHWESTERN CANADA 16
BOOTHIA PENINSULA AND NORTH SOMERSET 41
FRANKLIN'S ROUTE ON NORTHWEST PASSAGE 58
ROUTE OF PIM'S SLEDGE JOURNEY 75
SMITH SOUND AND WEST GREENLAND 95
BOOTHIA AND MELVILLE PENINSULAS 141
KING WILLIAM LAND 177
ROBESON CHANNEL AND LADY FRANKLIN BAY 217
SOUTHEASTERN GREENLAND 235
GREAT FROZEN SEA AND ROBESON CHANNEL 255
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA 273
LIVERPOOL BAY REGION 297
AMDRUP AND HAZEN LANDS, GREENLAND 351
[Illustration]
THE LOYALTY OF PHILIP STAFFE TO HENRY HUDSON
"You, Philip Staffe, the only one who chose
Freely to share with us the shallop's fate,
Rather than travel in the hell-bound ship--
Too good an English sailor to desert
Your crippled comrades."
--VAN DYKE.
On the walls of the great Tate Gallery in London are many famous
pictures, but few draw more attention from the masses or excite a
livelier human interest among the travelled than does "The Last Voyage
of Henry Hudson." While the artist dwells most on the courage of Henry
Hudson, he recalls the loyalty of Philip Staffe and thus unites high
human qualities ever admired.
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