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CHAPTER VII Sledging to Cape Columbia—Hot Soldering in Cold Weather 52
CHAPTER VIII In Camp at Columbia—Literary Igloos—The Magnificent Desolation of the Arctic 62
CHAPTER IX Ready for the Dash to the Pole—The Commander's Arrival 70
CHAPTER X Forward! March! 75
CHAPTER XI Fighting up the Polar Sea—Held up by the "Big Lead" 78
CHAPTER XII Pioneering the Way—Breaking Sledges 93
CHAPTER XIII The Supporting-Parties Begin to Turn Back 103
CHAPTER XIV Bartlett's Farthest North—His Quiet Good-By 116
CHAPTER XV The Pole! 127
CHAPTER XVI The Fast Trek Back to Land 140
CHAPTER XVII Safe on the Roosevelt—Poor Marvin 145
CHAPTER XVIII After Musk-Oxen—The Doctor's Scientific Expedition 153
CHAPTER XIX The Roosevelt Starts for Home—Esquimo Villages—New Dogs and New Dog Fights 161
CHAPTER XX Two Narrow Escapes—Arrival at Etah—Harry Whitney—Dr. Cook's Claims 170
CHAPTER XXI Etah to New York—Coming of Mail and Reporters—Home! 180
Appendix I—Notes on the Esquimos 189
Appendix II—List of Smith Sound Esquimos 196

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