William Barr is professor emeritus of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, and a research associate with the Arctic Institute of North America. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

"I glanced at a couple of pages of Arctic Hell-Ship and became so engrossed in it that I started to read parts of it. What I thought would be an erudite analysis of the journey was, instead, a story 'brought to life'. What a fabulous adventure!" Mr. David Karpeles, Karpeles Manuscript Library

• The Task and the Man; From the Thames to Bering Strait; "I Must Have 15 Miles"; Sitka, Hawaii, and Winter at Hong Kong; Return to the Arctic; Past Point Barrow and Round Banks Island; Wintering at Winter Cove; Farthest East; Wintering at Cambridge Bay; Retreat to the West; Wintering at Camden Bay; Homeward Bound; Results and Reactions, Then and Later; Index.