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The Open Polar Sea / A narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States"

Chapter 5: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
By I. I. Hayes
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A first-person narrative of a polar voyage that interweaves shipboard experience and arduous sledge journeys with vivid descriptions of ice, light, and Arctic landscapes. The account chronicles navigational and environmental challenges while summarizing observations on polar oceanography, meteorology, magnetism, and natural history. Descriptive passages alternate with concise, diary-derived reportage and references to maps, charts, and specimen collections, conveying both the practical hardships of exploration and the physical forces that shape the polar environment, all presented for a general reader rather than as a technical scientific treatise.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
1. MAP OF THE POLAR REGIONS 1
      Drawn by C. A. Schott. Engraved by J. Schedler.
2. MAP OF SMITH SOUND, SHOWING DR. HAYES' TRACK AND DISCOVERIES 72
      Drawn by Dr. Hayes. Engraved by J. Schedler.
3. MAP OF PORT FOULKE, THE WINTER QUARTERS OF THE EXPEDITION 96
      Drawn by Dr. Hayes. Engraved by J. Schedler.
4. AN ARCTIC TEAM 104
      Drawn by G. G. White, from a Sketch by Dr. Hayes.
         Engraved by J. A. Bogert.
5. A BEAR-HUNT 174
      Drawn by Darley, from Description.
         Engraved by J. A. Bogert.
6. CROSSING THE HUMMOCKS 322
      Drawn by G. G. White, from a Sketch by Dr. Hayes.
         Engraved by J. A. Bogert.
7. THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA 346
      Drawn by H. Fenn, from a Sketch by Dr. Hayes.
         Engraved by Fay & Cox.
8. A WALRUS-HUNT 408
      Drawn by Darley, from Description.
         Engraved by J. A. Bogert.
9. TYNDALL GLACIER, WHALE SOUND 438
      Drawn by H. Fenn, from a Photograph by Dr. Hayes.
         Engraved by Kingdon & Boyd.