This nonfiction account chronicles the ill-fated expedition of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1916. Led by explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the expedition aimed to study the geography and wildlife of the Arctic. However, the crew faced numerous challenges, including harsh weather, dwindling supplies, and the loss of their ship, the Karluk. Bartlett and Hale provide a detailed and suspenseful narrative of the crew's struggle for survival in the Arctic wilderness. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.