Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records

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Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records

by William H. (William Henry) Gilder

EN·~7 hours·23 chapters

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23 total
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SCHWATKA'S SEARCH - SLEDGING IN THE ARCTIC IN QUEST OF THE FRANKLIN RECORDS - BY - WILLIAM H. GILDER SECOND IN COMMAND - INTRODUCTION.

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CHAPTER I. NORTHWARD - CHAPTER II. THE WINTER CAMP - CHAPTER III. OUR DOGS - CHAPTER IV. IN THE SLEDGES - CHAPTER V. NATIVE WITNESSES - CHAPTER VI. THE MIDNIGHT SUN - CHAPTER VII. RELICS - CHAPTER VIII. IRVING'S GRAVE - CHAPTER IX. ARCTIC COSTUMES - CHAPTER X. OVER MELTING SNOWS - CHAPTER XI. AMATEUR ESQUIMAUX - CHAPTER XII. WALRUS DIET - CHAPTER XIII. THE RETURN - CHAPTER XIV. FAMINE - CHAPTER XV. ESQUIMAU HOME-LIFE - CHAPTER XVI. HOMEWARD - CHAPTER XVII. THE GRAVES OF THE EXPLORERS - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. - LIEUTENANT SCHWATKA CAMP DALY IN SUMMER ESQUIMAUX GOING TO THE HUNTING-GROUND A CAIRN CAIRN MARKING DEPOSIT OF PROVISIONS THE SHIPS IN WINTER QUARTERS ESQUIMAU PLAYING THE KI-LOWTY CAMP DALY IN WINTER DOWN-HILL WITH THE SLEDGES HUNTING MUSK-OXEN THE GREAT BEND IN HAYES RIVER THE SOURCES OF THE HAYES RIVER MEETING WITH THE OOKJOOLIKS THE NETCHILLIK AMBASSADRESS THE COUNCIL WITH THE NETCHILLIKS SNOW-HUTS ON CAPE HERSCHEL CROSSING EREBUS BAY CURIOUS FORMATION OF CLAY-STONE CLAY-STONE MOUNDS THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE THE MARCH SOUTHWARD SCHWATKA'S PERMANENT CAMP HENRY KLUTSCHAK'S CAMP VIEW ON BACK'S RIVER THE DANGEROUS RAPIDS, BACK'S RIVER THE MARCH IN EXTREME COLD WEATHER VIEW ON CONNERY RIVER ESQUIMAUX BUILDING A HUT SECTION AND PLAN OF ESQUIMAUX HUT ESQUIMAU WOMAN COOKING

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SCHWATKA'S SEARCH. - CHAPTER I. - NORTHWARD.

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Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks

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CHAPTER II. - THE WINTER CAMP.

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CHAPTER III. - OUR DOGS.

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CHAPTER IV. - IN THE SLEDGES.

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CHAPTER V. - NATIVE WITNESSES.

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CHAPTER VI. - THE MIDNIGHT SUN.

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CHAPTER VII. - RELICS.

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About the author

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William H. (William Henry) Gilder

1838–1900

A Civil War officer turned journalist and Arctic traveler, he wrote vivid firsthand accounts of danger, endurance, and exploration in some of the harshest places on earth. His books carry the pace of adventure writing but are rooted in real expeditions and front-line reporting.

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