[Gutenberg 50976] • The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole

Excerpt from The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole

MY chief object in compiling this work has been to supply a brief account of the main efforts which have been made to reach the North Pole. The subject is now so exten sive that few have the opportunity of covering the whole ground. While the exciting and specially interesting incidents have not been omitted, the book aims at giving the reader an intelligent idea of the equipment and other means by which the work of exploration has been carried on.

The many expeditions which have set out to find a north-west or a north-east passage do not come within the scope of the book, except when they have had some special bearing on the struggle for the Pole.

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