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| | INTRODUCTION | 15 |
| | GENERAL SUMMARY | 20 |
| I | FLATTENING OF THE EARTH AT THE POLES | 29 |
| II | LENGTH OF POLAR NIGHTS | 32 |
| III | WORKING OF THE COMPASS | 37 |
| IV | AROUND THE CURVE | 47 |
| V | MYSTERIES OF THE POLAR REGIONS | 52 |
| VI | THE WATER-SKY; WHAT IT IS | 54 |
| VII | THE AURORA: ITS WONDERFUL VARIATIONS | 65 |
| VIII | METEORS OR VOLCANIC DISTURBANCES | 109 |
| IX | FINDING OF ROCK IN AND ON ICE | 114 |
| X | DUST IN THE ARCTIC | 124 |
| XI | OPEN WATER AT THE FARTHEST POINT NORTH AND SOUTH | 128 |
| XII | WHY IT IS WARMER NEAR THE POLES | 175 |
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| XIII | DRIFTWOOD--WHENCE IT CAME | 196 |
| XIV | HAVE OTHERS TITAN ESQUIMOS INHABITED THE ARCTIC REGIONS? | 201 |
| XV | WHAT PRODUCES COLORED SNOW IN THE ARCTIC? | 209 |
| XVI | WHERE AND HOW ARE ICEBERGS FORMED? | 213 |
| XVII | THE TIDAL WAVE | 232 |
| XVIII | CLOUDS, FOGS, AND VAPORS | 250 |
| XIX | ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC WINDS | 255 |
| XX | THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY | 269 |
| XXI | CANNOT REACH THE POLES | 272 |
| XXII | WHAT IS TN THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH? | 275 |
| | IN CONCLUSION | 282 |