Volume I. Preface ; Orders and instructions governing the organization and management of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition ; The pioneers of Smith Sound ; International circumpolar stations ; Greenland ; Organization and equipment ; The voyage to Upernivik ; Melville Bay to Fort Conger ; The return of the Proteus ; Fort Conger ; Autumn sledging ; Sunlight to darkness ; Our scientific observations ; Hygiene and routine ; Sledging in the Arctic twilight ; Our first dark days ; Christmas and the New Year ; Winter events ; Preparations for sledging ; Thank God Harbor and Hall's grave ; Establishing depots ; Northward over the frozen sea ; Chandler Fiord ; Lake Hazen ; The farthest north : Conger to Cape Bryant ; The farthest north : Cape Bryant to Cape Washington ; Lockwood Island and return ; Springtime and summer ; Summer explorations ; Launch trips -- Volume II. Our second winter ; Northward again ; The crossing of Grinnell Land ; Polar ice ; Preparations for retreat ; From Conger to Cape Baird ; Kennedy Channel ; Rawlins Bay to Cape Hawks ; Our besetment ; Striving for the shore ; News of the Proteus ; Going into winter quarters ; Collecting our supplies ; The trip to Isabella ; Winter quarters ; Preparations to cross Smith Sound ; New lands and various fortunes ; The beginning of the end ; The last of our rations ; The end : by death and by rescue ; Conclusion -- Appendix I. Means of the meteorological observations made at Fort Conger, Grinnnel Land, 1881-1883 -- Appendix II. Mean pressures and temperatures at international stations, 1882-1883 -- Appendix III. Mean and minimum temperatures at various polar stations -- Appendix IV. Maximum thickness of salt-water ice observed at various polar stations -- Appendix V. Results of sound experiment at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land -- Appendix VI. Ethnology / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely-- Appendix VII. Natural history notes / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely -- Appendix VIII. Ornithology / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely -- Appendix IX. Botany / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely -- Appendix X. Mosses and lichens / by the Rev. E. Lehnert and Lieutenant A.W. Greely -- Appendix XI. Report on the medusæ collected by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, Lieut. A.W. Greely commanding / by J. Walter Fewkes -- Appendix XII. On salmon caught in Lake Alexandra / by Dr. T.H. Bean -- Appendix XIII. Account of aural displays accompanying the great magnetic storm of November 15-19, 1882, noted at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land -- Appendix XIV. Report of Sergeant D.L. Brainard on a petrified forest discovered May 20, 1883, near Cape Baird -- Appendix XV. Report of Sergeant Hampden S. Gardiner on the fossils collected at Cape Cracroft -- Appendix XVI. List of game obtained by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition within the Arctic Circle.