An Arctic Boat-Journey in the Autumn of 1854

This 1860 first-hand account records a gruelling episode in Greenland during the second Grinnell expedition in search of John Franklin.

Zusammenfassung
This 1860 first-hand account by surgeon Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-81) records a gruelling episode in Greenland during the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. With the expedition's ship Advance trapped in ice, Hayes set out with a party of men towards Upernavik. Their struggle for survival is vividly recounted.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Preparation; 3. The start; 4. Across the ice-fields; 5. Under sail; 6. A gloomy night; 7. Rounding Cape Alexander; 8. The fleet at sea; 9. Northumberland Island; 10. At sea in a snow-storm; 11. Across Whale Sound; 12. Among the Esquimaux; 13. Hopes checked; 14. Building a hut; 15. Hut-building continued; 16. The hut discovered by Esquimaux; 17. A two weeks' famine; 18. Schemes for moving southward; 19. Plans for obtaining supplies; 20. Petersen; 21. Intercourse with the Esquimaux; 22. Failure of our plans; 23. Petersen's adventures among the Esquimaux; 24. Supplies obtained when least expected; 25. Good cheer; 26. Further plans; 27. Preparations for abandoning the hut; 28. Darkness ahead!; 29. Plots and counter-plots; 30. Moving northward; 31. Over the frozen sea; 32. Rounding Cape Alexander again; 33. Reaching the brig; 34. Concluding remarks; Appendices.