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I. Early Life 7
II. Army-Life in Arizona 20
III. Army-Life in Nebraska 31
IV. Army-Life in Kansas 43
V. Army-Life in Indian Territory and Colorado 52
VI. Preparing for the Arctic Regions 58
VII. From Newfoundland to Lady Franklin Bay 64
VIII. House-building and Local Explorations 87
IX. Preliminary Sledge Expeditions and Life at the Station 111
X. “The Arctic Moon” 132
XI. Expedition to Lockwood Island 139
XII. From Lockwood Island to Lady Franklin Bay 178
XIII. Waiting and Watching 194
XIV. Resuming a Desperate Struggle 229
XV. Across Grinnell Land 249
XVI. Preparing for Home 279
XVII. Homeward Bound 286
XVIII. The Final Catastrophe 296
XIX. The Woeful Return 317