Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
YOUNG ICE WHALERS

BY WINTHROP PACKARD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT 1903 BY WINTHROP PACKARD
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published September, 1903_

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. A CHANGE IN LIFE’S PLANS 1

II. BOUND FOR THE ARCTIC 27

III. BUCKING ICE IN BERING SEA 56

IV. THE LITTLE MEN OF THE DIOMEDES 87

V. WHEN THE ICE CAME IN 112

VI. WINTER LIFE AND INNUIT FRIENDS 140

VII. THE GHOST WOLVES OF THE NUNATAK 167

VIII. WHALING IN EARNEST 195

IX. IN THE ENEMY’S POWER 224

X. “THE FEAST OF THE OLD SEAL’S HEAD” 250

XI. “THE VILLAGE WHERE NO ONE LIVES” 277

XII. IN THE HEART OF BLIZZARDS 305

XIII. THE MEETING OF TRIBES 332

XIV. STAKING OUT A FORTUNE 354

XV. HOME AGAIN 381

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“WAY ENOUGH,” SAID JOE. “STERN ALL!” (See p. 105) _Frontispiece_

THE LONG ROLLERS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC 36

HARBOR OF UNALASKA 50

BUCKING THE ICE 68

A SIBERIAN TOPEK 84

HOME OF THE “LITTLE MEN” OF THE DIOMEDES 94

WHALEMEN’S CAMP ON ARCTIC SHORE 114

ROUGH ARCTIC CLIFFS 136

HARLUK AND KROO 164

VISITING ESKIMOS 168

LOCKED IN THE ARCTIC ICE 198

CAMP ON THE TUNDRA 234

TOILING ON THROUGH THE DRIFTS 310

ESKIMO FAMILY TRAVELING 334

PROSPECTOR AND HIS OUTFIT 364

SLUICING AT CANDLE CREEK 376

THE YOUNG ICE WHALERS