The North Pole: a Narrative History
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THE NORTH POLE: A NARRATIVE HISTORY EDITED BY ANTHONY BRANDT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE CLASSICS WASHINGTON, D.C. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BY ANTHONY BRANDT ix PART ONE LOOKING NORTH I DIONYSE SETTLE JO A True Report of Captain Frobisher, His Last Voyage into the West and Northwest Regions, 1577 JOHN DAVIS 20 The Second Voyage Attempted by Master John Davis, 15S6 . GERRIT DE VEER 28 The True and Perfect Description of Three Voyages, So Strange and Wonderful, etc., l6ocj ABACUK PRICKETT 41 A Larger Discourse of the Same Voyage. ..1610 PART TWO SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE REVIVED 56 WILLIAM SCORESBY 64 A Voyage to the Whale Fishery, l822 JOHN ROSS 78 A Voyage of Discovery Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, l8ig WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY 87 Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific l8ig-2O JOHN FRANKLIN 106 Narrative of a Journey to Shores of the Polar Sea VIII THE NORTH POLE: A NARRATIVE HISTORY JOHN RICHARDSON 123 Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson GEORGE F. LYON 134 The Private Journal of George F. Lyon of the H.M.S. Hecla, 1824 ROBERT HUISH 157 The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross to the Arctic Regions, for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, 1823-1833 ROBERT R. CARTER 168 Private Journal of a Cruise in the Brig Rescue in Search of John Franklin JOHN RAE 188 Correspondence with the Hudson's bay Company on Arctic Exploration, l844~l&55 LEOPOLD MCCLINTOGK 202 The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas PART THREE To THE TOP OF THE WORLD 226 ELISHA KENT KANE 229 Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin CHARLES FRANCIS HALL 251 Life with the Esquimaux EUPHEMIA VALE BLAKE 268 Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on the Ice-Floe GEORGE STRONG NARES 278 Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea GEORGE W. DE LONG 293 The Voyage of the Jeannette JOHN MUIR 304 The Cruise of the Corwin ADOLPHUS GREELY 312 Three Years of Arctic Service, 1881-1884 < O NTENTS IX BESSIE ROWLAND JAMES, ED., 324 Six Came Back: The Arctic Adventure of David L. Brainard FRIDTJOF NANSEN 336 Farthest North: The Exploration of the Fram SALOMAN ANDREE 355 Andree's Story: The Complete Record of his Polar Flight FREDERICK COOK 372 My Attainment of the Pole MATTHEW HENSON 394 A Black Explorer at the North Pole ROBERT PEARY 399 The North Pole EPILOGUE 409 SUGGESTED READINGS 412.