Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: I. The Expedition -- 1. "North Star!" -- 2. A Ship and Her Crew -- 3. "Icebergs Dead Ahead!" -- 4. Destination: The Pole -- II. Thank God Harbor -- 5. Providence Berg -- 6. "How Do You Spell Murder?" -- 7. A Change of Command -- 8. Stirring an Ice-Cold Grave -- 9. Land of Desolation -- 10. Journeys North -- III. Ice Hell -- 11. Adrift in a Nightmare -- 12. Encampment on the Ice -- 13. Cry with Hunger -- 14. The Sun Rises -- 15. Terror and Beauty -- 16. Abandoning the Floe -- 17. In God's Hands -- 18. Hope of Rescue -- IV. Inquiry and the Search -- 19. The Board Convenes -- 20. Return to the Arctic -- 21. Unanswered Questions -- 22. Cause of Death.