Jules Verne, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, 1864 was a Subterranean SciFi novel; and, the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Jules Verne, “The Adventures of Captain Hatteras: Part 1”, 1864 which was an Arctic SciFi novel.
The “table of contents” is shown BELOW. There are 32 chapters in the book, listed BELOW.
Chapter 1. The Forward.
Chapter 2. The Unexpected Letter.
Chapter 3. Doctor Clawbonny.
Chapter 4. Dog-Captain.
Chapter 5. Out at Sea.
Chapter 6. The Great Polar Current.
Chapter 7. Davis’s Strait.
Chapter 8. Gossip of the Crew.
Chapter 9. News.
Chapter 10. Dangerous Navigation.
Chapter 11. The Devil’s Thumb.
Chapter 12. Captain Hatteras.
Chapter 13. Projects of Hatteras.
Chapter 14. Expedition in Search of Franklin.
Chapter 15. The Forward Driven Back South.
Chapter 16. The Magnetic Pole.
Chapter 17. The Fate of Sir John Franklin.
Chapter 18. The Northern Route.
Chapter 19. A Whale in Sight.
Chapter 20. Beechey Island.
Chapter 21. Death of Bellot.
Chapter 22. Beginning of Revolt.
Chapter 23. Attacked by Icebergs.
Chapter 24. Preparation for Wintering.
Chapter 25. An Old Fox.
Chapter 26. The Last Lump of Coal.
Chapter 27. Christmas.
Chapter 28. Preparation for Departure.
Chapter 29. Across the Ice.
Chapter 30. The Cairn.
Chspter 31. The Death of Simpson.
Chapter 32. The Return.
Beginning in Chapter 1. “Forward”, we are introduced to a ship named “Forward”. “Forward” is at dock in England; and, gathering a ship crew for an expedition. The protagonist is “Captain John Hatteras”; and, Part 1. is entitled “The English at the North Pole”. This a story time-setting of 1861, of a British expedition to the North Pole. “Captain Hatteras” is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen, and his obsession is to reach the North Pole no matter what.
Here I presented: Jules Verne, “The Adventures of Captain Hatteras: Part 1”, 1864 which was an Arctic SciFi novel.
Part 1. “The English at the North Pole” was the topic of this blog post. Part 2. “The Desert of Ice” is a continuation of the Captain Hatteras story.
Jules Verne, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, 1864 was a Subterranean SciFi novel; and, the topic of an earlier blog post
