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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 6: EXPLANATION OF TAIL-PIECES.
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.

EXPLANATION OF TAIL-PIECES.

Drawn on wood by G. G. White from Photographs and Sketches by Dr. Hayes. Engraved mostly by J. A. Bogert.

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1. Anchor 15
2. Arched Iceberg 27
3. Greenlander in his Kayak 34
4. Upernavik 43
5. Snowflake (magnified three diameters) 56
6. Seal on Cake of Ice 67
7. Head of a Reindeer 91
8. Port Foulke 100
9. Snowflake (same as No. 5) 126
10. Chester Valley, showing Alida Lake and the Glacier 136
11. "My Brother John's Glacier," from First Camp 148
12. Group of Reindeer 164
13. Schooner in Winter Quarters 211
14. The Esquimau Hut at Etah 235
15. Head of Walrus 247
16. Portrait of Birdie, the Arctic Fox 250
17. Sonntag's Grave 276
18. Snowflake (same as No. 5) 296
19. Camping in a Snow-Bank 306
20. Polar Bear 314
21. Dog Sledge 321
22. Head of the Esquimau Dog Oosisoak 332
23. Cape Union 352
24. A Sketch 362
25. Observatory at Port Foulke 375
26. Snowflake (same as No. 5) 380
27. Kalutunah and his Family 395
28. Head of Arctic Hare 425
29. A Sketch 438
30. "End" 454