Lieutenant Danenhower's Narrative Of The "Jeannette"
Subtitle: Illustrated
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Co.; J.R. Osgood and Co.
Published: 1882
Place of publication: Boston, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: PART I.; title: EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST YEAR.; title: The Run to St Lawrence Bay 1; title: In the Track of Nordenskiold 3; title: Fast in the Ice 4; title: Attempt to reach Herald Island & Freaks of the Ice 7; title: Tidal Action — a Split in the Floe 8; title: The drifting Outhouse 8; title: Shock's stout Truss 9; title: In the Arctic Night. Life in the Ship 10; title: Vessel wrenched and leaking 11; title: At the Pumps 11; title: Damaged Provisions 12; title: Fifty Miles in Five Months 12; title: Petermann wrong 13; title: Finds on the Ice 13; title: Mr. Collins's Meteorology 13; title: Mr. Chipp's Auroral Observations 14; title: Summer Weather 15; title: Seal-Meat. Bear-hunting 15; title: Hunting Incidents 16; title: Theories on the Drift 18; title: If the Ship had held together 18; title: Ocean Depths and Bottom 19; title: No Evidence of a Current 19; title: Looking forward to the Second Winter 20; title: PART II.; title: EXPERIENCE OF THE SECOND YEAR UNTIL THE SHIP WAS CRUSHED AT U.M., JUNE 13, 1881.; title: In her Bed of flinty Ice 21; title: Once more in Winter Quarters 22; title: Watching the Drift — "Melville's Canal" 23; title: "Land ho!" 24; title: Extracts from the Log 25; title: Floe upon Floe 26; title: The Ice breaking 27; title: Henrietta Island 28; title: A Sledge Party off 28; title: Rising in her Bed 29; title: A Signal Smoke. The Party return 29; title: "In the Name of the United States " 30; title: The Ice in raging Confusion 30; title: The worst at Hand 31; title: The Jeannette afloat once more 32; title: A Hope soon to be blasted 32; title: The discovered. Islands 33; title: The landing on Henrietta Island 34; title: Dunbar's Blindness and Grief 35; title: Naming the Highlands 35; title: Off the Ice Ways 36; title: What the Drift establishes 37; title: The Ice closing in again 38; title: The Jeannette's Death-Struggle 39; title: The last Meal on Board 40; title: Brave Edward Star; title: The Crew on the Ice 41; title: The Captain's last Good-by 42; title: Almost drowned 42; title: The Ship goes down 43; title: The Retreat begins 43; title: PART III.; title: THE RETREAT, AND EXPERIENCE BEFORE MEETING THE SIBERIAN NATIVES.; title: On the Ice 44; title: The Start Southward 46; title: The Order of Marsh 47; title: A Mile a Day 48; title: Repairing Damages 50; title: Ferrying across the Fissures 51; title: Planting the Road-Flags 52; title: Land in Sight 53; title: Bennett Island 54; title: Sojourn on the Island 55; title: Leaving Bennett Island. — The Dogs 56; title: A Ten Days' Imprisonment — Thaddeus Island 58; title: The Boats 59; title: Among the New Siberian Islands 61; title: Shooting a Doe 63; title: Weary Travellers 64; title: Separated in the Gale 65; title: Getting out the Drag 66; title: Alone on the Water 68; title: The Steering 69; title: Off the Siberian Coast 70; title: Trying to land 71; title: On Land at last 72; title: Met by the Natives 74; title: The "Miraculous Medal" 76; title: PART IV.; title: EXPERIENCE AMONG THE TUNGUSES AND THE YAKOUTS. — CONVERSATION WITH HERALD SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.; title: Cut-eared Vashiley 80; title: In a Tungus Village 81; title: Spiridon 82; title: A suffering Crew 88; title: Tapheme Kopelloff the Exile 84; title: Unfortunate Delay 84; title: Lodged in a House. — A sick Company 86; title: Getting stronger 86; title: A hospitable Russian. — News 86; title: My first Search 88; title: Noros and Nindemanrf 01; title: Dealing with the Cossacks 92; title: Meeting with Melville 03; title: At Yakutsk 94; title: The Captain's Party 95; title: PART V.; title: ARRIVAL AT IRKOCTSK. — REWARDS TO NATIVES.; title: A Report to Governor-General 99; title: ILLUSTRATIONS.; title: Portrait of Lieut. J. W. Danenhower Frontispiece; title: The Jeannette in the Pack 4; title: Map showing Drift of the Jeannette and Line of Crew's Retreat 44