Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Illustrations ix
Prologue 3
1 Franklin Departs 5
2 William Penny and Arctic Whaling 10
3 The Summer of 1845 19
4 Whaling Interlude 26
5 Concern Mounts 41
6 A Silver Penny 61
7 Under Way 77
8 More Hunters on the Track 84
9 North from Disko 114
10 Sail versus Steam 127
11 A Massacre Reported 150
12 To the West Land 168
13 Into Lancaster Sound 181
14 Wellington Channel 202
15 West to Cornwallis Island 224
16 Beset in the Drifting Pack 236
17 Into Winter Quarters 246
18 Preparations for Winter 258
19 The Festive Season 278
20 The Sledging Season: A False Start 286
21 Second Attempt 305
22 Penny's Boat Voyage 313
23 A Thousand-Mile Drift among Ice Floes 331
24 Homeward Voyage 343
25 Penny's Arrival 352
26 The Inquiry 364
27 An Open Polar Sea? 380
28 A Dispute over Place Names 401
29 Penny's Portrait 411
30 A Gratifying Acknowledgment 416
31 Persistence 438
Postscript 460
Unit Conversion Table 465
Notes 467
Bibliography 493
Index of Names 505
Index of Places 513
Index of Ships 517