The Arctic World

16 chapters

1. 1THE ARCTIC WORLD: ITS PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND NATURAL PHENOMENA.
2. 2PREFACE.
3. 3CONTENTS.
4. 4List of Illustrations.
5. 5CHAPTER I. THE NORTH POLE—THRESHOLD OF THE UNKNOWN WORLD—THE CIRCUMPOLAR REGIONS—THE FLORA OF THE NORTH—LIFE IN THE POLAR WORLD—THE NORTH-WEST AND NORTH-EAST PASSAGES.
6. 6CHAPTER II. THE ARCTIC HEAVENS: ATMOSPHERIC AND METEORIC PHENOMENA.
7. 7CHAPTER III. THE POLAR SEAS: ICEBERGS—ICE-FLOES—THE SEAL—THE WALRUS THE NARWHAL—THE WHALE—SUNDRY FORMS OF MARINE LIFE.
8. 8CHAPTER IV. THE GLACIERS.
9. 9CHAPTER V. THE ARCTIC LANDS—FAUNA—FLORA—GREENLAND—ICELAND—NOVAIA ZEMLAIA—SIBERIA.
10. 10CHAPTER VI. ICELAND AND THE ICELANDERS.
11. 11CHAPTER VII. THE ESKIMOS.
12. 12CHAPTER VIII. LAPLAND AND THE LAPPS.
13. 13CHAPTER IX. THE SAMOJEDES AND OTHER TRIBES OF ARCTIC ASIA.
14. 14CHAPTER X. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY.
15. 15INDEX.
16. 16FOOTNOTES: