Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE DUNDEE WHALERS
- CHAPTER II “SPANNING ON”
- CHAPTER III THE SOUTH-WEST FISHING
- CHAPTER IV “FLINCHING” AND “MAKING–OFF”
- CHAPTER V NAVIGATION OF DAVIS' STRAITS
- CHAPTER VI DISCO
- CHAPTER VII UPERNIVIK AND MELVILLE BAY
- CHAPTER VIII THE NORTH WATER
- CHAPTER IX MIDDLE ICE FISHING
- CHAPTER X MORE WHALES AT THE MIDDLE ICE
- CHAPTER XI LANCASTER SOUND AND BARROW'S STRAIT
- CHAPTER XII PORT LEOPOLD
- CHAPTER XIII THE “POLARIS” EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER XIV AGAIN IN BAFFIN'S BAY
- CHAPTER XV ADMIRALTY INLET
- CHAPTER XVI PRINCE REGENT'S INLET
- CHAPTER XVII FURY BEACH
- CHAPTER XVIII CAPE GARRY
- CHAPTER XIX HOMEWARD BOUND
- CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX A Approximate value and size of whales captured during the voyage of the “Arctic” in 1873
- APPENDIX B Arctic plants collected
- APPENDIX C List of geological specimens collected
- APPENDIX D List of birds shot
- APPENDIX E Memorandum for the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society (June, 1873), on the scientific results of an Arctic Expedition
- Map
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE DUNDEE WHALERS
- CHAPTER II “SPANNING ON”
- CHAPTER III THE SOUTH-WEST FISHING
- CHAPTER IV “FLINCHING” AND “MAKING–OFF”
- CHAPTER V NAVIGATION OF DAVIS' STRAITS
- CHAPTER VI DISCO
- CHAPTER VII UPERNIVIK AND MELVILLE BAY
- CHAPTER VIII THE NORTH WATER
- CHAPTER IX MIDDLE ICE FISHING
- CHAPTER X MORE WHALES AT THE MIDDLE ICE
- CHAPTER XI LANCASTER SOUND AND BARROW'S STRAIT
- CHAPTER XII PORT LEOPOLD
- CHAPTER XIII THE “POLARIS” EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER XIV AGAIN IN BAFFIN'S BAY
- CHAPTER XV ADMIRALTY INLET
- CHAPTER XVI PRINCE REGENT'S INLET
- CHAPTER XVII FURY BEACH
- CHAPTER XVIII CAPE GARRY
- CHAPTER XIX HOMEWARD BOUND
- CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX A Approximate value and size of whales captured during the voyage of the “Arctic” in 1873
- APPENDIX B Arctic plants collected
- APPENDIX C List of geological specimens collected
- APPENDIX D List of birds shot
- APPENDIX E Memorandum for the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society (June, 1873), on the scientific results of an Arctic Expedition
- Map
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- A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia, and an Account of the Rescue of the Crew of the Polaris , pp. ix - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014