| Summary: | "The 32 pages of illustrations contained in this book are not included in the paging. Adding these 32 pages to the 320 pages of text makes a total of 352 pages"--P. 352. I. The Scott Expedition and its tragic fate -- II. Robert F. Scott, Antarctic martyr -- III. First at the South Pole: The thrilling story of the Amundsen Expedition -- IV. Roald Amundsen, intrepid discoverer of the South Pole -- V. Shackleton on the threshold of the South Pole -- VI. Previous attempts to penetrate the Antarctic region -- VII. The discovery of the North Pole: The story of Peary's great exploit -- VIII. Side-lights on the Peary expedition -- IX. Robert E. Peary, the indomitable polar explorer -- X. The search for the Northwest Passage -- XI. The Ross and Parry Polar voyages -- XII. The first Franklin expedition -- XIII. The terrible fate of the Sir John Franklin Expedition -- XIV. Dr. Kane's famous Arctic voyage -- XV. Hayes, Hall and other hardy adventurers -- XVI. Nordenskiold and the Northeast Passage -- XVII. The horrors of the "Jeannette" expedition -- XVIII. Melville finds the remains of the DeLong party -- XIX. Greely's Arctic winter of starvation -- XX. Nansen's memorable voyage in the "Fram" -- XXI. Andree's fatal flight northward in a balloon -- XXII. Abruzzi, the royal Italian explorer -- XXIII. Interesting scientific work in the polar regions. Mode of access: Internet.
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