CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
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REMARKS ON THE CELEBRATED QUESTION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A SEA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, BY THE NORTH; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY IN THE NORTHERN REGIONS 9
CHAPTER II.
DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE POLAR COUNTRIES 33
CHAPTER III.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREENLAND OR POLAR ICE 62
CHAPTER IV.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE ATMOSPHEROLOGY OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS, PARTICULARLY RELATING TO SPITZBERGEN AND THE ADJACENT GREENLAND SEA 96
CHAPTER V.
A SKETCH OF THE ZOOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS 139
CHAPTER VI.
EXPEDITIONS FOR FURTHER DISCOVERY 188