Wild Adventures round the Pole / Or, The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon"
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1883]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- Gordon Stables "Wild Adventures round the Pole" "The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon""
- Chapter One.
- The Twin Rivers—A Busy Scene—Old Friends with New Faces—The Building of the Great Ship—People’s Opinions—Ralph’s Highland Home.
- Chapter Two.
- The Dinner by the Lake—Rory’s Run Round Africa—The Return of the Wanderers.
- Chapter Three.
- Retrospection—Ralph’s Home in England—A Hearty if not Poetic Welcome.
- Chapter Four.
- Life at Leigh Hall—The Launch of the “Arrandoon”—Trial Trips—A Row and a Fight—“Freezing Powders.”
- Chapter Five.
- Danger on the Deep—A Forest of Waterspouts—The “Arrandoon” is Swamped—The Warning.
- Chapter Six.
- A Life on the Ocean Wave—On the Rocks—Mystery—A Home on the Rolling Deep.
- Chapter Seven.
- Sandie McFlail, M.D.—“Wha Wouldna’ be a Sea-Bird?”—The Girl Tells Her Strange Adventures—Nightfall on the Sea.
- Chapter Eight.
- A Gale from the Mountains—Daybreak in Iceland—The Great Balloon Ascent—Rory’s Yarn—The Snow-Cloud—The Pirate is Seen.
- Chapter Nine.
- Mount Hekla—The Great Geyser—A Narrow Escape—The Search for the Pirate—McBain’s Little “Ruse de Guerre”—The Battle Begun.
- Chapter Ten.
- “Down with the Red Flag and up with the Black!”—Victory—An Old Acquaintance—Hie, for the North.
- Chapter Eleven.
- The Voyage Resumed—A Pleasant Evening—“Those Rushing Winds”—The “Arrandoon” Grows Saucy—The Doctor Spread-Eagled—A School of Whales.
- Chapter Twelve.
- The Isle of Jan Mayen—Retrospection—The Sea of Ice—The Deserted Village—Carried off by a Bear—Dancing for Dear Life.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- More about Freezing Powders—“Perseverando”—Dining in the Sky—The Descent of the Crater.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Anxious Hours—Exploration of the Mountain Cavern—The Cave of the King of Ice, and Ghouls of a Thousand Winters—Transformation Scenes—Snowblind—Lost.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- The “Arrandoon” Anchors to the “Floe”—The Visit to the “Canny Scotia”—Silas Grig—A Sad Scene—Rory Relieves His Feelings—Strangers Coming from the Far West.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Silas Grig’s Dinner-Party—A New Member of the Malacopterygii—The Storm on the Sea of Ice—Break-up of the Main Pack—Roughing it at Sea.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- The Storm—The “Canny Scotia” in Distress—Rum, Mutiny, Anarchy, and Death—Saved—Adventure with a She-Bear—Capture of the Young.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- A New Arrival—The Dogs—Trapper Seth Becomes Kennel-Man—Preparations for a Great Seal Hunt—The Greenland Bear.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- “Silas Grig, His Yarn”—The White Whale—Afloat on an Iceberg—A Dreary Journey—Bear Adventures—“The Seals! The Seals!”
- Chapter Twenty.
- Seal-Stalking—A Glorious Day’s Sport—Piper Peter and the Bear—A Strange Duet—The Seal-Stalkers’ Return.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- The Coming Frost—Silas Warns the “Arrandoon” of Danger—Forging Through the Ice—Beset—A Strange and Alarming Accident.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Captain Cobb Retires—More Torpedoing—The Great Ice-Hole—Strange Sport—The Terrible Zugaena—The Death Struggle.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Rory’s Reverie—Silas on the Scymnus Borealis—The Battle with the Sharks—Rory Gets in for it again—Thrown among the Sharks.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- May-Day in the Arctic Regions.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- Breaking Up of the Great Ice Pack—In the Nips—The “Canny Scotia” on her Beam-Ends—Staving of the “Arrandoon.”
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- An Adventure on the Pack—Separated from the Ship—Despair—The Dream of Home—Under Way Once More.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- Working along the Pack Edge—Among the Seals again—A Bumper Ship—Adventures on the Ice—Ted Wilson’s Promotion.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- A Wonderful Yankee—“Making Off” Skins—Preparing to “Bear up”—The Summer Home of the Giant Walrus—The Ships Part.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Northward Ho!—Hoisting Beacons—The White Fog—The Great Sea-Serpent.
- Chapter Thirty.
- Land Ho! The Isle of Desolation—The Last Blink of Sunshine—The Aurora Borealis—Strange Adventure with a Bear.
- Chapter Thirty One.
- A Council—Preparing for Winter Quarters—The Isle of Alba and its Mammoth Caves—Magnus’s Tale—At his Boy’s Grave.
- Chapter Thirty Two.
- The Terrible Snowstorm—Something Like an Aquarium—The Mammoth Caves and their Startling Treasures—The Journey Polewards—Collapse of the Balloon—“God Save The Queen.”
- Chapter Thirty Three.
- Another Winter at the Pole—Christmas Day—The Curtain rises on the Last Act—Sickness—Death—Despair.
- Chapter Thirty Four.
- A Sailor’s Cottage—The Telegram—“Something’s in the Wind”—The Good Yacht “Polar Star”—Hope for the Wanderers.
- Chapter Thirty Five.
- The Rescue—Homeward Bound—All’s Well that Ends Well.
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