The loyalty of Philip Staffe to Henry Hudson -- Franklin's crossing of the barren grounds -- The retreat of Ross from the Victory -- The discovery of the Northwest passage -- The timely sledge journey of Bedford Pim -- Kane's rescue of his freezing shipmates -- How Woon won promotion -- The Angekok Kalutunah and the starving whites -- Dr. Rae and the Franklin mystery -- Sonntag's fatal sledge journey -- The heroic devotion of Lady Jane Franklin -- The marvellous lee-drift of Captain Tysen -- The saving of Petersen -- Life on an East Greenland ice-pack -- Parr's lonely march from the great frozen sea -- Relief of American whalers at Point Barrow -- The missionary's Arctic trail -- Schwatka's summer search -- The Inuit survivors of the stone age -- The fidelity of Eskimo Bronlund -- The wifely heroism of Mertuk, the daughter of Shung-Hu.