The Land of the Long Night

The Land of the Long Night

Paul Du Chaillu, french-american traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist (1831-1903)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- INTRODUCTION

-04- ON THE WAY TO THE LAND OF THE LONG NIGHT

-05- SNOW LAND

-06- HALT AT A FARMHOUSE

-07- GOOD ADVICE FROM THE PEOPLE OF HAPARANDA

-08- WHAT THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS

-09- FINE WEATHER LEAVING HAPARANDA

-10- SKEES

-11- A PRIMITIVE STEAM BATH HOUSE

-12- HOW THE LAPPS AND FINNS TRAVEL

-13- HARNESSING REINDEER

-14- THE LAST DAYS OF THE SUN

-15- THE SNOW GETTING DEEPER

-16- TOILET WITH SNOW

-17- MOVING CAMP

-18- WATCHING FOR THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE SUN

-19- WOLVES THE GREAT FOE OF THE LAPPS

-20- IN SEARCH OF WOLVES

-21- GREAT SKILL OF THE LAPPS WITH THEIR SKEES

-22- WE ENCOUNTER MORE WOLVES

-23- THE LAPP HAMLET OF KAUTOKEINO

-24- LEAVE KARASJOK STILL TRAVELLING NORTHWARD

-25- LEAVE NORDKYN

-26- JAKOB TALKS TO ME ABOUT BEARS

-27- PREPARATIONS FOR CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN

-28- A DANGEROUS DESCENT

-29- SAIL ON THE ARCTIC OCEAN

-30- A DARK NIGHT AT SEA

-31- AMONG THE FISHERMEN

-32- DEPARTURE FOR THE FISHING BANKS

-33- A GREAT VIKING SEA FIGHT

-34- SAILING ALONG THE COAST OF FINMARKEN

-35- A SEA LAPP HAMLET

-36- COMPARISON OF FINMARKEN WITH ALASKA

-37- PREPARATIONS TO LEAVE THE ARCTIC COAST

-38- WE ENTER A BIRCH FOREST

-39- VARIABLE WEATHER