In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition : Together with a Transcript of the Log of the Kite (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. The Voyage of the Kite: Introduction; 1. The start; 2. Crossing the Gulf of St Lawrence; 3. First sight of Greenland; 4. A native dance; 5. Farewell to Godhavn; 6. Collapsing of an iceberg; 7. An accident to the ship; 8. Free once more; 9. Herbert Island; 10. A school of white whales; 11. Arctic clothing; 12. Bows and arrows; 13. Ascending the Iron Mountains; 14. At Godhavn once more; Part II. The Relief of Peary and the Log of the Kite, etc.: Introduction; The log of the Kite; The Peary relief expedition: 1. The relief expedition; 2. The start; 3. Halifax; 4. First icebergs; 5. Leaving St Johns; 6. Official recognition of the expedition; 7. The Cape York and Nehelumie Eskimos; 8. News of the ship's arrival taken to Mrs Peary; 9. In Smith Sound; 10. Camping on Robertson Bay; 11. The relief expedition makes a reconnoissance of the inland ice, and meets Lieut Peary and Mr Astrup; 12. The Peary party's winter life; 13. The journey over the inland ice; 14. The Kite in trouble; 15. The search for Mr Verhoeff; 16. Leaving McCormick Bay; 17. Godthaar; 18. The Kite's ghost; Appendix 1. The Peary-Verhoeff correspondence; Appendix 2. Lieut Peary's report; The reception at the Academy of Natural Sciences.