ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . vi
MAP . . vii
INTRODUCTION "I came of age at 80 degrees north latitude" . . 1

Facsimile of Arthur Conan Doyle's diary of his voyage as ship's surgeon aboard the Arctic whaler S.S. Hope, February 28 -August n, 1880 . . 17

Annotated transcript of Arthur Conan Doyle's diary of his voyage . . 219
"It was quite an ovation" Conan Doyle revisits the Arctic . . 303
Arthur Conan Doyle's Arctic writings . . 317
  The Glamour of the Arctic . . 319
  Life on a Greenland Whaler . . 326
  The Captain of the "Pole-Star" . . 335
  The Adventure of Black Peter . . 351
INDEX . . 365