In the great white land
by Gordon Stables
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About this eBook
- Author
- Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910
- Title
- In the great white land : a tale of the Antarctic Ocean
- Original Publication
- London: Blackie and Son ltd., 1925.
- Credits
- Al Haines, Chuck Greif, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Antarctica -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72061
- Release Date
- November 7, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.In the Great White Land
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.BOOK I FAR AWAY IN THE FROZEN NORTH — IN THE GREAT WHITE LAND — CHAPTER I DAYDAWN IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS—WERE THEY SAVAGES? — CHAPTER II “HEAVE ROUND, SIR,” SAID CAPTAIN MAYNE BRACE — CHAPTER III “MY PRIDE WARRED AGAINST MY BETTER FEELINGS” — CHAPTER IV THE AGREEMENT DRAWN UP AND SIGNED — CHAPTER V THE SHIP’S BEARS: GRUFF, AND GROWLEY, AND GRUMPEY, AND MEG
- 5.BOOK II UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS — CHAPTER I “AND NOW,” HE SAID, “ ’ TIS DO OR DIE” — CHAPTER II A GIANT OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS — CHAPTER III FIRST ADVENTURES ON THE ICE — CHAPTER IV IN FEATHER-LAND—A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT — CHAPTER V INGOMAR HIMSELF HAD A DREAM TO DREAM — CHAPTER VI “TO THE WEST, TO THE WEST” — CHAPTER VII A FEARFUL NIGHT—ANTARCTIC LAND-ICE — CHAPTER VIII WONDROUS SCENERY—NICK SAVES THE LIFE OF WALLACE — CHAPTER IX WITH HOBSON ON THE “MERRIMAC”—THE STORY THAT CURTIS TOLD
- 6.BOOK III ON THE GREAT ANTARCTIC CONTINENT — CHAPTER I A STRANGE DISCOVERY—SHEELAH AND TAFFY — CHAPTER II A FIGHT BETWEEN MEN AND ICE — CHAPTER III THE BEAUTY AND MARVELS OF AN ICE-CAVE — CHAPTER IV THE CAMP—SLEDGING ON THE TABLELAND — CHAPTER V THE START—FIRST NIGHT IN THE DESERT OF SNOW — CHAPTER VI “GOOD-BYE, BOYS. IT WON’T BE FOR LONG” — CHAPTER VII MARVELS OF THE ANTARCTIC — CHAPTER VIII THE DASH FOR THE POLE—A WONDROUS SCENE — CHAPTER IX TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS—VICTORY — CHAPTER X A CHAPTER OF JOY AND SADNESS — CHAPTER XI “ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY”
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