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Title: The English at the North Pole
Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Author: Jules Verne

Release Date: September 24, 2007 [EBook #22759]

Language: English

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THE ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE

PART I
OF
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS

BY

JULES VERNE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.--THE "FORWARD" . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
II.--AN UNEXPECTED LETTER . . . . . . . . . 14
III.--DR. CLAWBONNY . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IV.--DOG-CAPTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
V.--OUT AT SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
VI.--THE GREAT POLAR CURRENT . . . . . . . 44
VII.--DAVIS'S STRAITS . . . . . . . . . . . 52
VIII.--GOSSIP OF THE CREW . . . . . . . . . . 61
IX.--NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
X.--DANGEROUS NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . 78
XI.--THE DEVIL'S THUMB . . . . . . . . . . 88
XII.--CAPTAIN HATTERAS . . . . . . . . . . . 98
XIII.--THE PROJECTS OF HATTERAS . . . . . . . 109
XIV.--EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF FRANKLIN . . . 118
XV.--THE "FORWARD" DRIVEN BACK SOUTH . . . 127
XVI.--THE MAGNETIC POLE . . . . . . . . . . 135
XVII.--THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . . . . 144
XVIII.--THE NORTHERN ROUTE . . . . . . . . . . 150
XIX.--A WHALE IN SIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . 155
XX.--BEECHEY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
XXI.--THE DEATH OF BELLOT . . . . . . . . . 170
XXII.--BEGINNING OF REVOLT . . . . . . . . . 178
XXIII.--ATTACKED BY ICEBERGS . . . . . . . . . 184
XXIV.--PREPARATIONS FOR WINTERING . . . . . . 193
XXV.--AN OLD FOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
XXVI.--THE LAST LUMP OF COAL . . . . . . . . 209
XXVII.--CHRISTMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
XXVIII.--PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE . . . . . . 222
XXIX.--ACROSS THE ICE . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
XXX.--THE CAIRN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
XXXI.--THE DEATH OF SIMPSON . . . . . . . . . 243