title: A Thousand Days in the Arctic (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration) (Volume 1)
author: Frederick G. Jackson
description: Described as 'a record of solid achievement ... in the face of hardship and difficulty', Jackson's 1899 account of his Arctic expedition describes a forbidding terrain of ice and snow. Illustrated with maps and images, Volume 1 recounts the voyage out, dramatic bear-hunts, and arduous journeys by sledge.
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  THE PHANTOM OF 
  THE POLES 
  BY 
  WILLIAM REED 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  1906
  
   
  The Phantom of the Poles by William Reed. 
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  CONTENTS 
  Introduction 
  General Summary 
  Chapter 1. Flattening Of The Earth At The Poles 
  Chapter 2. Length Of Polar Nights 
  Chapter 3. Working Of The Compass 
  Chapter 4. Around The Curve 
  Chapter 5. Mysteries Of The Polar Regions 
  Chapter 6. The Water-Sky: What It Is 
  Chapter 7. The Aurora: Its Wonderful Variations 
  Chapter 8. Meteors Or Volcanic Disturbances 
  Chapter 9. Finding Of Rock In And On Ice 
  Chapter 10. Dust In The Arctic 
  Chapter 11. Open Water At Farthest Point North And South 
  Chapter 12. Why It Is Warmer Near The Poles 
  Chapter 13. Driftwood--Whence It Came 
  Chapter 14. Have Other Than The Eskimos Inhabited The Arctic Regions? 
  Chapter 15. What Produces Colored Snow In The Arctic? 
  Chapter 16. Where And How Are Icebergs Formed? 
  Chapter 17.