Volume I. Preface ; Orders and instructions governing the organization and management of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition ; The pioneers of Smith Sound ; International circumpolar stations ; Greenland ; Organization and equipment ; The voyage to Upernivik ; Melville Bay to Fort Conger ; The return of the Proteus ; Fort Conger ; Autumn sledging ; Sunlight to darkness ; Our scientific observations ; Hygiene and routine ; Sledging in the Arctic twilight ; Our first dark days ; Christmas and the New Year ; Winter events ; Preparations for sledging ; Thank God Harbor and Hall's grave ; Establishing depots ; Northward over the frozen sea ; Chandler Fiord ; Lake Hazen ; The farthest north : Conger to Cape Bryant ; The farthest north : Cape Bryant to Cape Washington ; Lockwood Island and return ; Springtime and summer ; Summer explorations ; Launch trips
Volume II. Our second winter ; Northward again ; The crossing of Grinnell Land ; Polar ice ; Preparations for retreat ; From Conger to Cape Baird ; Kennedy Channel ; Rawlins Bay to Cape Hawks ; Our besetment ; Striving for the shore ; News of the Proteus ; Going into winter quarters ; Collecting our supplies ; The trip to Isabella ; Winter quarters ; Preparations to cross Smith Sound ; New lands and various fortunes ; The beginning of the end ; The last of our rations ; The end : by death and by rescue ; Conclusion
Appendix I. Means of the meteorological observations made at Fort Conger, Grinnnel Land, 1881-1883
Appendix II. Mean pressures and temperatures at international stations, 1882-1883
Appendix III. Mean and minimum temperatures at various polar stations
Appendix IV. Maximum thickness of salt-water ice observed at various polar stations
Appendix V. Results of sound experiment at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land
Appendix VI. Ethnology / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely
Appendix VII. Natural history notes / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely
Appendix VIII. Ornithology / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely
. any / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely
Appendix X. Mosses and lichens / by the Rev. E. Lehnert and Lieutenant A.W. Greely
Appendix XI. Report on the medusæ collected by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, Lieut. A.W. Greely commanding / by J. Walter Fewkes
Appendix XII. On salmon caught in Lake Alexandra / by Dr. T.H. Bean
Appendix XIII. Account of aural displays accompanying the great magnetic storm of November 15-19, 1882, noted at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land
Appendix XIV. Report of Sergeant D.L. Brainard on a petrified forest discovered May 20, 1883, near Cape Baird
Appendix XV. Report of Sergeant Hampden S. Gardiner on the fossils collected at Cape Cracroft
Appendix XVI. List of game obtained by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition within the Arctic Circle.
(Cont.) Appendix IX. Botany / by Lieutenant A.W. Greely
Appendix X. Mosses and lichens / by the Rev. E. Lehnert and Lieutenant A.W. Greely
Appendix XI. Report on the medusæ collected by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, Lieut. A.W. Greely commanding / by J. Walter Fewkes
Appendix XII. On salmon caught in Lake Alexandra / by Dr. T.H. Bean
Appendix XIII. Account of aural displays accompanying the great magnetic storm of November 15-19, 1882, noted at Fort Conger, Grinnell Land
Appendix XIV. Report of Sergeant D.L. Brainard on a petrified forest discovered May 20, 1883, near Cape Baird
Appendix XV. Report of Sergeant Hampden S. Gardiner on the fossils collected at Cape Cracroft
Appendix XVI. List of game obtained by the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition within the Arctic Circle.