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Object and plan of the Expedition—Equipment at York Factory—Boats—Crews—Articlesuseful in an Arctic Voyage—Breaking up of the icein Hayes and Nelson Rivers—Departure from York Factory—Progressretarded by the ice—First night at sea—Reflections—Rupert'sCreek—Unbroken fields of ice—Broad River—Description of theCoast—Double Cape Churchill—Open sea to the north and north-west—Arriveat Churchill—White whales—Mode of catching them—SirGeorge Simpson's instructions—Stock of provisions
Depart from Churchill—A gale—Anchor in Knap's Bay—Land on anisland—Esquimaux graves—Visited by Esquimaux—A large riverrunning into Knap's Bay—Nevill's Bay—Corbet's Inlet—Rankin'sInlet—Cape Jalabert—Greenland whales seen—Chesterfield Inlet—Walruses—CapeFullerton—Visited by an Esquimaux—Reefs—CapeKendall seen—Ice packed against the shore—Take shelter in an excellentharbour—River traced—Seals—Gale—Ice driven off—Directionof the tides reversed—Whale Point—Many whales seen—Again stoppedby the pack—Wager River estuary—Ice drifts—Eddy currents—Nosecond opening into Wager River seen—Enter Repulse Bay—Interviewwith Esquimaux—No intelligence of Sir John Franklin
Receive a visit from a female party—Their persons and dress described—Crossingthe Isthmus—Drag one of the boats up a stream—Successionof rapids—North Pole Lake—Find a plant fit for fuel—Christie Lake—FlettPortage—Corrigal Lake—Fish—Deer-scaring stones—White[vi]wolf—Stony Portage—View of the sea—Exploring party sent