Table of Contents
Ice: A Victorian Romance, Linda Hall Library

I. Arctic Ice: Initial Encounters
1. Scoresby, William. An Account of the Arctic Regions, 1820.
2. Ross, John, Sir. A Voyage of Discovery, 1819.
3. Fisher, Alexander. Journal of a Voyage of Discovery, [1819].
4. Parry, William Edward, Sir. Journal of a Voyage, 1821.
5. Officer of the Expedition. Letters Written during the Late Voyage, 1821.
6. Franklin, John, Sir. Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, 1823.
7. Parry, William Edward, Sir. Journal of a Second Voyage, 1824.
8. Lyon, George Francis. The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, 1824
9. Lyon, George Francis. A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt, 1825.
10. Parry, William Edward, Sir. Journal of a Third Voyage, 1826.
11. Parry, William Edward, Sir Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, 1828.
12. Franklin, John, Sir. Narrative of a Second Expedition, 1828.
13. Beechey, Frederick William. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific, 1831.
14. Richardson, John, Sir. Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1829-1837.
II. Arctic Ice: Private Ventures
15. Ross, John, Sir. Narrative of a Second Voyage, 1835.
16. Huish, Robert. The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, 1835.
17. Ross, James Clark. “On the position of the North Magnetic Pole”, 1834.
18. Back, George, Sir. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, 1836.
19. Back, George, Sir. Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, 1838.
20. Dease, Peter Warren; Simpson, Thomas. “Narrative of Arctic discovery,” 1841.
21. Barrow, John, Sir. Voyages of Discovery, 1846.
III. Southern Ice: Voyages to Antarctica
22. Weddell, James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, 1825.
23. Dumont d'Urville, Jules. Voyage au pole sud, 1842-1854.
24. Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1845.
25. Cassin, John. Mammalogy and Ornithology, 1858.
26. Ross, James Clark. A Voyage of Discovery …in the Antarctic Regions, 1847.
27. Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir. The Botany of…H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, 1844-1860.
IV. Glacial Ice: The Glacial Theory
28. Hugi, Franz Joseph. Naturhistorische Alpenreise, 1830.
29. Agassiz, Louis. “Discours a Neuchatel,” 1837.
30. Agassiz, Louis. Études sur les glaciers,, 1840.
31. Charpentier, Johann von. Essai sur les glaciers, 1841.
32. Darwin, Charles. “Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, 1839.
33. Darwin, Charles. “Note on a rock seen on an iceberg,” 1839.
34. Agassiz, Louis. “The glacial theory and its recent progress,” 1842.
35. Forbes, James David. Travels through the Alps of Savoy, 1843.
V. Unforgiving Ice: The Search for Franklin
36. Hooper, William Hulme. Ten Months among the Tents of the Tuski, 1853.
37. Osborn, Sherard. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, 1852.
38. Kane, Elisha Kent. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition, 1854.
39. Great Britain. Admiralty. Further Correspondence and Proceedings connected with the Arctic Expedition, 1852.
40. Great Britain. Admiralty. Additional Papers Relative to the Arctic Expedition under the Orders of Captain Austin and Mr. William Penny, 1852.
41. Kennedy, William. The Second Voyage of the Prince Albert, 1853.
42. McClure, Robert, Sir. The Discovery of the North-west Passage, 1856.
43. Belcher, Edward, Sir. The Last of the Arctic Voyages, 1855.
44. McDougall, George F. The Eventful Voyage of H.M S. Resolute, 1857.
45. Great Britain. Admiralty. Further Papers Relative to the Recent Arctic Expeditions, 1855.
46. Great Britain. Admiralty. PapersRelative to the Recent Arctic Expeditions, 1854.
47. Rae, John. “Arctic exploration,” 1855.
48. Kane, Elisha Kent. Arctic Explorations, 1856.
49. Sonntag, August. Professor Sonntag’s Thrilling Narrative, 1857.
50. McClintock, Francis Leopold, Sir. The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas, 1859.
51. Petersen, Carl. Den Sidste Franklin-Expedition, 1860.
VI. Ice Everlasting: The Ice Age
52. Johnston, Alexander Keith. The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, 1850.
53. Unger, Franz, 1800-1870. Ideal Views of the Primitive World, 1859.
54. Ramsay, Andrew Crombie, Sir. The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales, 1860.
55. Geikie, James. The Great Ice Age,1874.
