Adrift In The Ice-fields

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Author

Hall, Charles Winslow, 1843-1916

Title

Adrift in the Ice-Fields

Credits

Produced by David Clarke, Marcia Brooks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Castaways -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21607

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21607

Release Date

May 25, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Adrift in the Ice-Fields . — BY
2. 2.CAPT. CHARLES W. HALL, — ILLUSTRATED .
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS:
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — OUR COMPANY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — BUILDING THE ICE-HOUSES.—MATTHEW COLLINS'S GHOST. — Matthew Collins's Ghost .
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — THE SILVER THAW.—A FOX HUNT.—ANTHONY WORRELL'S DOG. — A Fox Hunt . — " Old Anthony Worrell and his Newfoundland Dog ".
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE GRAND FLIGHT.—A GOOD STRATAGEM.—THE PACKET LIGHT. — "The Packet Light .
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — A MAD SPORTSMAN.—SNOW-BLIND.—A NIGHT OF PERIL. — " A Night of Peril .
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — ADDITIONS TO THE PARTY.—AN INDIAN OUTFIT.—A CONTESTED ELECTION. — " A Contested Election .
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.—BREAKING UP OF THE ICE.—JIM MOUNTAIN'S FIGHT WITH THE DEVIL. — " Jim Mountain's Fight with the Devil ."
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — FLOAT-SHOOTING.—A GENERAL FIELD-DAY.—CHANGES OF THE ICE.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — ADRIFT.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — THE COUNCIL.—PASSING THE CAPE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — TAKING AN INVENTORY.—SETTING UP THE STOVE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — DOCTORING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.—AN ANXIOUS NIGHT.—FROZEN UP.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE CHAPEL BELL.—THE FIRST SEAL.—THE NORTH CAPE.—A SNOW-SQUALL.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — THE PACK OPENS.—MYSTERIOUS MURMURS.—LOVE SCENES AND SOUNDS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — A SAIL.—THE SEALING GROUNDS.—THE ESQUIMAUX LAMP.—AN INDIAN LEGEND. — Peter's Story .
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — THE BREEDING-GROUNDS OF THE SEAL.—A CURIOUS SIGHT.—A SHARP ENCOUNTER.—ICE CHANGES.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — ENLARGING THE BOAT.—WINGED SCAVENGERS.—NOTICE TO QUIT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — A CHANGE OF BASE.—BUILDING A SNOW-HUT.—THE VIEW FROM THE BERG.—A STRANGE MEETING.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — THE RING.—THE BURIAL.—A MAUSOLEUM OF ICE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — A STRANGE LIFE-HISTORY.—AMONG THE RED INDIANS. — Regnar's History .
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — NORTHWARD AGAIN.—THE STEAMER.—TAKING TO THE BOAT.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — THE FORECASTLE OF THE SEALER.—A SEALER'S STORY.—THE LAST HUNT.—ARRIVAL AT ST. JOHN'S. — A Sealer's Story .
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE CAPTAIN'S VISIT.—HOMEWARD BOUND.—BROTHER AND SISTER.

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