Arctic frontiers United States explorations in the Far North

What is the Arctic? -- De Haven, Kane, and Hayes -- The Hall expeditions -- The voyage of the Jeannette -- The Schwatka and Howgate expeditions -- The international polar year: the Greely expedition to Lady Franklin Bay -- The international polar year: the Ray expedition to Point Barrow -- Peary's Greenland expeditions -- Peary's campaigns for the Pole -- Did Dr. Frederick Cook reach the Pole? -- The routes via Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land -- Explorations in Northern Alaska -- Retrospect 232 pages illustrations 23 cm