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Title: Adventurers of the Far North
A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas

Author: Stephen Leacock

Release Date: September 20, 2009 [EBook #30039]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: The Arctic Council, discussing a plan of search for Sir
John Franklin. From the National Portrait Gallery.]

ADVENTURERS

OF THE FAR NORTH

A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas

BY

STEPHEN LEACOCK

TORONTO

GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

1914

_Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention_

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CONTENTS

Page

I. THE GREAT ELIZABETHAN NAVIGATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. HEARNE'S OVERLAND JOURNEY TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN . . . . . 34
III. MACKENZIE DESCENDS THE GREAT RIVER OF THE NORTH . . . . . 70
IV. THE MEMORABLE EXPLOITS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . . . . . . . 89
V. THE TRAGEDY OF FRANKLIN'S FATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
VI. EPILOGUE. THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE ARCTIC COUNCIL DISCUSSING A PLAN OF SEARCH FOR
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
From the National Portrait Gallery.

ROUTES OF EXPLORERS IN THE FAR NORTH . . . . . . . . _Facing page_ 1
Map by Bartholomew.

SAMUEL HEARNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 42
From the Dominion Archives.

FORT CHURCHILL OR PRINCE OF WALES . . . . . . . . . . " " 50
From a drawing by Samuel Hearne.

SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 70
From a painting by Lawrence.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 112
From the National Portrait Gallery.

[Illustration: Routes of Explorers in the Far North]

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