Hunters on the Track: William Penny and the Search for Franklin

Cover\nHUNTERS ON THE TRACK\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nAcknowledgments\nIllustrations\nPrologue\n1 Franklin Departs\n2 William Penny and Arctic Whaling\n3 The Summer of 1845\n4 Whaling Interlude\n5 Concern Mounts\n6 A Silver Penny\n7 Under Way\n8 More Hunters on the Track\n9 North from Disko\n10 Sail versus Steam\n11 A Massacre Reported\n12 To the West Land\n13 Into Lancaster Sound\n14 Wellington Channel\n15 West to Cornwallis Island\n16 Beset in the Drifting Pack\n17 Into Winter Quarters\n18 Preparations for Winter\n19 The Festive Season\n20 The Sledging Season: A False Start\n21 Second Attempt\n22 Penny’s Boat Voyage\n23 A Thousand-Mile Drift among Ice Floes\n24 Homeward Voyage\n25 Penny’s Arrival\n26 The Inquiry\n27 An Open Polar Sea?\n28 A Dispute over Place Names\n29 Penny’s Portrait\n30 A Gratifying Acknowledgment\n31 Persistence\nPostscript\nUnit Conversion Table\nNotes\nBibliography\nIndex of Names\nIndex of Places\nIndex of Ships