Front matter
Reading edition
The Aeroplane Boys Series
On the Edge of the Arctic
OR
An Aeroplane in Snowland
The Gitchie Manitou ready for its first flight in the Far North.
On the Edge of the Arctic
OR
An Aeroplane in Snowland
BY
ASHTON LAMAR
Illustrated by Norman P. Hall
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Chicago
COPYRIGHT, 1913
by
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ON THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
I Introducing An Airship And Count Zept 9
II A Curious Stranger Learns the Object of the Gitchie Manitou 27
III Colonel Howell Makes a Novel Proposal 42
IV Colonel Howell Discovers an Old Friend in Jack Zept 58
V Negotiating and Outfitting 72
VI The Expedition Strikes a Snag in Edmonton 86
VII A Tempestuous Voyage to Athabasca Landing 100
VIII Count Zept Makes Himself Known at the Landing 114
IX The Song of the Voyageur 128
X Paul Awakens to the Situation 142
XI Preparing Camp for Winter 155
XII Breasting a Blizzard in an Airship 169
XIII In the Land of Caribou, Moose and Musk Ox 187
XIV In the Cabin of the Paralyzed Indian 201
XV A Letter Goes Wrong 217
XVI Roy Conducts a Hunt 232
XVII The Gitchie Manitou Wins a Race 248
Illustrations
PAGE
The Gitchie Manitou ready for its first flight in the Far North. Frontispiece
“I’ve an idea and I got it the minute I saw your aeroplane to-day.” 51
“Don’t shoot,” he protested. “What’s the use?” 183
“They must have seen us,” panted Roy as he and Norman advanced. 209
On the Edge of the Arctic
OR
An Aeroplane in Snowland