Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Note

Hyphenations have been standardised. Page 27 — changed way to away Page 160 — changed paces to places Pages 252 and Page 309 — Nordenskïold and Nordenskiöld, have been left spelt as is.

THE LAST VOYAGE
OF THE _KARLUK_

“The snow formed a blanket on the ice and later on its melting and freezing cemented the ice snugly about the ship.” _See page 26_]

THE LAST VOYAGE OF
THE _KARLUK_

_Flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s
Canadian Arctic Expedition
of 1913-16_

AS RELATED BY HER MASTER,
ROBERT A. BARTLETT, AND
HERE SET DOWN BY RALPH T. HALE

_Illustrated from
charts and photographs_

BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1916
BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

Printers
S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.

TO
MRS. WILLIAM BARTLETT

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECTS 1

II THE VOYAGE BEGINS 10

III WE MEET THE ICE AND GET A POLAR BEAR 16

IV WE ARE FROZEN IN 23

V OUR WESTWARD DRIFT BEGINS 29

VI STEFANSSON’S DEPARTURE 34

VII DRIVEN BY THE STORM 39

VIII WE DRIFT AWAY FROM THE LAND 48

IX IN WINTER QUARTERS 59

X THE ARCTIC NIGHT 71

XI THE SINKING OF THE _KARLUK_ 83

XII OUR HOME AT SHIPWRECK CAMP 93

XIII WE BEGIN OUR SLEDGING 105

XIV THE SUN COMES BACK 117

XV THE RETURN OF MAMEN AND THE DEPARTURE
OF THE DOCTOR’S PARTY 124

XVI OVER THE ICE TOWARDS WRANGELL ISLAND 137

XVII THROUGH THE PRESSURE RIDGE 150

XVIII WE LAND ON WRANGELL ISLAND 161

XIX KATAKTOVICK AND I START FOR SIBERIA 171

XX ACROSS THE MOVING ICE 179

XXI IN SIGHT OF LAND 194

XXII WE MEET THE CHUCKCHES 207

XXIII EASTWARD ALONG THE TUNDRA 220

XXIV COLT 231

XXV “MUSIC HATH CHARMS” 242

XXVI WE ARRIVE AT EAST CAPE 253

XXVII WITH BARON KLEIST TO EMMA HARBOR 264

XXVIII IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD AGAIN 280

XXIX WAITING 285

XXX OFF FOR WRANGELL ISLAND 297

XXXI THE RESCUE FROM WRANGELL ISLAND 311

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE _KARLUK_ IN THE ICE-PACK _See page 26_ _Frontispiece_

PAGE

THE DRIFT OF THE _KARLUK_ 1

THE _KARLUK_ IN HER WHALING DAYS 4

VILHJALMAR STEFANSSON 8

THE LEADERS AND THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF BEFORE
THE DEPARTURE FROM NOME 10

STEFFANSSON AND HIS PARTY LEAVING THE _KARLUK_ 36

HAULING THE DREDGE 48

MAKING SOUNDINGS 52

THE SUPPLIES ON THE BIG FLOE 56

PAGES FROM CAPTAIN BARTLETT’S DIARY 92

PLAN OF SHIPWRECK CAMP 98

CAPTAIN BARTLETT’S COPY OF THE “RUBÁIYÁT” OF
OMAR KHAYYAM 102

THE ICE-PACK 106

LETTER FROM THE DOCTOR’S PARTY TO CAPTAIN
BARTLETT 128

MUGPI 142

SHIPWRECK CAMP 144

ANOTHER VIEW OF SHIPWRECK CAMP 148

MAP OF WRANGELL ISLAND 162

FIVE OF THE MEN OF THE _KARLUK_ ON WRANGELL
ISLAND 180

CAPTAIN BARTLETT’S CHART OF THE ALASKAN COAST 204

CAPTAIN BARTLETT’S CHART OF THE SIBERIAN COAST 214

THE NEWS OF CAPTAIN BARTLETT’S ARRIVAL AT
ST. MICHAEL’S REACHES NOME 282

THE CAMP AT RODGERS HARBOR, WRANGELL ISLAND 306

THE RESCUE OF THE PARTY AT WARING POINT,
WRANGELL ISLAND 314

MAKING THE KAYAK ON WRANGELL ISLAND 320

THE _KARLUK_ SURVIVORS ON BOARD THE _BEAR_ 324

THE LAST VOYAGE
OF THE _KARLUK_