CONTENTS

    Preface and Acknowledgements

    Chronology of Major Expeditions

    Maps

1 THE MAN AT THE ADMIRALTY

2 DEATH ON THE CONGO

3 THE MIRAGE OF LANCASTER SOUND

4 BUCHAN'S RETREAT

5 FURTHEST WEST

6 WINTER AT MELVILLE ISLAND

7 VICE-CONSULS OF MURZOUK

8 FAILURE AT FOXE BASIN

9 THE MAN WHO ATE HIS BOOTS

10 LYON'S DEPARTURE

11 SQUABBLES IN THE SAHARA

12 THE MADMAN OF TIMBUCTOO

13 THE ROAD FROM BADAGRY

14 PARRY TO THE POLE

15 Ross RESURGENT

16 THE RIDDLE OF THE NIGER

17 SECOND SINGAPORES

18 ORDEAL OF THE VICTORY

19 ‘ANY ANIMAL WILL Do FOR A LION’

20 THE OVERLANDERS

21 THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

22 ‘YOU SEE HOW OUR HANDS SHAKE?’

23 THE LAST POST

24 EREBUS AND TERROR

25 THE ARCTIC COUNCIL

26 INVESTIGATOR

27 FRANKLIN'S FATE

28 RIDING THE GLOBE

    EPILOGUE

    Sources and References

    Bibliography

    Index