Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER I THE ARCTIC LANDS
- CHAPTER II ARCTIC LAND QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS
- CHAPTER III THE ARCTIC SEAS
- CHAPTER IV ARCTIC MARINE ANIMALS
- CHAPTER V ICELAND
- CHAPTER VI HISTORY OF ICELAND
- CHAPTER VII THE ICELANDERS
- CHAPTER VIII THE WESTMAN ISLANDS
- CHAPTER IX FROM DRONTHEIM TO THE NORTH CAPE
- CHAPTER X SPITZBERGEN—BEAR ISLAND—JAN MEYEN
- CHAPTER XI NOVAYA ZEMLYA
- CHAPTER XII THE LAPPS
- CHAPTER XIII MATTHIAS ALEXANDER CASTRÉN
- CHAPTER XIV THE SAMOJEDES
- CHAPTER XV THE OSTJAKS
- CHAPTER XVI CONQUEST OF SIBERIA BY THE RUSSIANS—THEIR VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY ALONG THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA
- CHAPTER XVII SIBERIA—FUR TRADE AND GOLD-DIGGINGS
- CHAPTER XVIII MIDDENDORFF'S ADVENTURES IN TAIMURLAND
- CHAPTER XIX THE JAKUTS
- CHAPTER XX WRANGEL
- CHAPTER XXI THE TUNGUSI
- CHAPTER XXII GEORGE WILLIAM STELLER
- CHAPTER XXIII KAMTSCHATKA
- CHAPTER XXIV THE TCHUTCHI
- CHAPTER XXV BEHRING SEA—THE RUSSIAN FUR COMPANY—THE ALEÜTS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE ESQUIMAUX
- CHAPTER XXVII THE FUR TRADE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORIES
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK
- CHAPTER XXIX THE TINNÉ INDIANS
- CHAPTER XXX THE LOUCHEUX, OR KUTCHIN INDIANS
- CHAPTER XXXI ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY FROM THE CABOTS TO BAFFIN
- CHAPTER XXXII ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, FROM BAFFIN TO M‘CLINTOCK
- CHAPTER XXXIII KANE AND HAYES
- CHAPTER XXXIV NEWFOUNDLAND
- CHAPTER XXXV GREENLAND
- PART II THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - THE ARCTIC SEAS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER I THE ARCTIC LANDS
- CHAPTER II ARCTIC LAND QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS
- CHAPTER III THE ARCTIC SEAS
- CHAPTER IV ARCTIC MARINE ANIMALS
- CHAPTER V ICELAND
- CHAPTER VI HISTORY OF ICELAND
- CHAPTER VII THE ICELANDERS
- CHAPTER VIII THE WESTMAN ISLANDS
- CHAPTER IX FROM DRONTHEIM TO THE NORTH CAPE
- CHAPTER X SPITZBERGEN—BEAR ISLAND—JAN MEYEN
- CHAPTER XI NOVAYA ZEMLYA
- CHAPTER XII THE LAPPS
- CHAPTER XIII MATTHIAS ALEXANDER CASTRÉN
- CHAPTER XIV THE SAMOJEDES
- CHAPTER XV THE OSTJAKS
- CHAPTER XVI CONQUEST OF SIBERIA BY THE RUSSIANS—THEIR VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY ALONG THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA
- CHAPTER XVII SIBERIA—FUR TRADE AND GOLD-DIGGINGS
- CHAPTER XVIII MIDDENDORFF'S ADVENTURES IN TAIMURLAND
- CHAPTER XIX THE JAKUTS
- CHAPTER XX WRANGEL
- CHAPTER XXI THE TUNGUSI
- CHAPTER XXII GEORGE WILLIAM STELLER
- CHAPTER XXIII KAMTSCHATKA
- CHAPTER XXIV THE TCHUTCHI
- CHAPTER XXV BEHRING SEA—THE RUSSIAN FUR COMPANY—THE ALEÜTS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE ESQUIMAUX
- CHAPTER XXVII THE FUR TRADE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORIES
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK
- CHAPTER XXIX THE TINNÉ INDIANS
- CHAPTER XXX THE LOUCHEUX, OR KUTCHIN INDIANS
- CHAPTER XXXI ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY FROM THE CABOTS TO BAFFIN
- CHAPTER XXXII ARCTIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, FROM BAFFIN TO M‘CLINTOCK
- CHAPTER XXXIII KANE AND HAYES
- CHAPTER XXXIV NEWFOUNDLAND
- CHAPTER XXXV GREENLAND
- PART II THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS
- INDEX
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Polar WorldA Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe, pp. 29 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1869