'MIDST ARCTIC PERILS
Reading edition
A THRILLING STORY OF ADVENTURE IN THE
POLAR REGIONS
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of "The Young Cavalier," "The Nameless Island," &c.
London
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
Henrietta Street
1919
Contents
CHAPTER
I. Run Down
II. A Struggle for Life
III. Rescued
IV. On Board the "Polarity"
V. Trapped in an Iceberg
VI. An Unpleasant Surprise
VII. The Motor Sleigh is Taken Out
VIII. Neck or Nothing
IX. An Adventurous Journey
X. The Sleep of Death
XI. Crossing the Ice Barrier
XII. Two Days Out
XIII. The Dash for Observation Camp
XIV. Good Work in the Blizzard
XV. Just in Time
XVI. The Crevasse
XVII. Guy in Command
XVIII. The End of the Mammoth
XIX. The Lost "Bird of Freedom"
XX. Abandoned
XXI. Rescued
ILLUSTRATIONS
With a fearful lurch she heeled to starboard _Frontispiece_
On three sides rose a continuous wall of ice
A huge polar bear standing on its hind legs
The Bird of Freedom toppled, and like an arrow, plunged into the sea
He could see Ranworth dangling inertly at the end of the first rope
With a terrific crash the Bird of Freedom toppled completely over
Holding one of the hooks in his gloved hand, Travers deftly engaged the hook in the ring-bolt at the bow of the sleigh
Right into the eye of the wind the four well-nigh exhausted men struggled