The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole
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The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Parry’s Expedition of 1827
- Chapter III Kane’s Expedition (1853, ’54, ’55)
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V The German Expedition (1869−70)
- Chapter VI Voyage of the _Polaris_ (1871−73)
- Chapter VII The Austro-Hungarian Expedition (1872−74)
- Chapter VIII The British Expedition of 1875−76
- Chapter IX The Voyage of the _Jeannette_ (1879−81)
- Chapter X Greely’s Expedition (1881−84)
- Chapter XI The Norwegian Polar Expedition (1893−96)
- Chapter XII Sverdrup’s Expedition (1898−1902)
- Chapter XIII Italian Expedition (1899−1900)
- Chapter XIV Peary’s Expeditions (1886−1909)
- Chapter XV
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