Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. For most of the facts contained in the following pages, the Author desires to acknowledge her in debtedness to Nansen’s The First Crossing of Green land, translated by H M. Gepp, and Mrs. Peary’s My Arctic Journal, both published by Messrs. Longmans, ‘ Green, and Co., London.