Contents

Part I

1. A Soirée at Fort Reliance
2. The Hudson's Bay Fur Company
3. A Savant Thawed
4. A Factory
5. From Fort Reliance to Fort Enterprise
6. A Wapiti Duel
7. The Arctic Circle
8. The Great Bear Lake
9. A Storm on the Lake
10. A Retrospect
11. Along the Coast
12. The Midnight Sun
13. Fort Hope
14. Some Excursions
15. Fifteen Miles from Cape Bathurst
16. Two Shots
17. The Approach of Winter
18. The Polar Night
19. A Neighborly Visit
20. Mercury Freezes
21. The Large Polar Bears
22. Five Months More
23. The Eclipse of the 18th June 1860

Part II

1. A Floating Fort
2. Where Are We?
3. A Tour of the Island
4. A Night Encampment
5. From July 25th to August 20th
6. Ten Days of Tempest
7. A Fire and a Cry
8. Mrs. Paulina Barnett's Excursion
9. Kalumah's Adventures
10. The Kamtchatka Current
11. A Communication from Lieutenant Hobson
12. A Chance to Be Tried
13. Across the Ice-Field
14. The Winter Months
15. A Last Exploring Expedition
16. The Break-Up of the Ice
17. The Avalanche
18. All at Work
19. Bering Sea
20. In The Offing
21. The Island Becomes an Islet
22. The Four Following Days
23. On a Piece of Ice
24. Conclusion