The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the "Alert"

The narrative offers an individual participant's firsthand account of a polar expedition, beginning with outfitting and crew selection and following the ship's passage to Greenland waters, encounters with pack ice, and visits to native settlements. It describes long sledge journeys across the frozen sea, daily routines, weather and sea‑ice challenges, provisions and human endurance, and scientific and geographic observations. Interleaved are portrayals of life aboard ship, hunting and interactions with local people, losses and medical hardships, and arguments for continued exploration with proposals for future routes.