The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

A British Brig Bound for the North Pole

Jules Verne, Edouard Riou

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501097278
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

An English captain sails north with a crew who do not know his name or his purpose, and pushes for the pole through the ice. One of the first of Verne's Extraordinary Voyages; his publisher made him cut the original ending, in which Hatteras walks into the polar volcano, and softened it into madness instead. Its 224 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• The English at the North Pole. The Forward.
• Chapter II. An Unexpected Letter.
• Chapter III. Dr. Clawbonny.
• Chapter IV. The Dog-Captain.
• Chapter V. At Sea.
• Chapter VI. The Great Polar Current.
• Chapter VII. The Entrance of Davis Strait.
• Chapter VIII. The Talk of the Crew.
• Chapter IX. Another Letter.
• Chapter X. Dangerous Sailing.
• Chapter XI. The Devil’s Thumb.
• Chapter XII. Captain Hatteras.
• Chapter XIII. The Captain’s Plans.
• Chapter XIV. The Expeditions in Search of Franklin.
• Chapter XV. The Forward Driven Southward.
• Chapter XVI. The Magnetic Pole.
• Chapter XVII. The Fate of Sir John Franklin.
• Chapter XVIII. The Way Northward.
• Chapter XIX. A Whale in Sight.
• Chapter XX. Beechey Island.
• Chapter XXI. The Death of Bellot.
• Chapter XXII. The First Signs of Mutiny.
• Chapter XXIII. Attacked by the Ice.
• Chapter XXIV. Preparations for Wintering.
• Chapter XXV. One of James Ross’s Foxes.
• Chapter XXVI. The Last Piece of Coal.
• Chapter XXVII. The Great Cold at Christmas.
• Chapter XXVIII. Preparations for Departure.
• Chapter XXIX. Across the Ice-Fields.
• Chapter XXX. The Cairn.
• Chapter XXXI. The Death of Simpson.
• Chapter XXXII. The Return to the Forward.
• The Desert of Ice. Chapter I. The Doctor’s Inventory.
• Chapter II. Altamont’s First Words.
• Chapter III. Seventeen Days of Land Journey.
• Chapter IV. The Last Charge of Powder.
• Chapter V. The Seal and the Bear.
• Chapter VI. The Porpoise.
• Chapter VII. A Discussion About Charts.
• Chapter VIII. Excursion to the North of Victoria Bay.
• Chapter IX. Cold and Heat.
• Chapter X. The Pleasures of Winter-Quarters.
• Chapter XI. Disquieting Traces.
• Chapter XII. The Ice Prison.
• Chapter XIII. The Mine.
• Chapter XIV. The Polar Spring.
• Chapter XV. The Northwest Passage.
• Chapter XVI. Northern Arcadia.
• Chapter XVII. Altamont’s Revenge.
• Chapter XVIII. The Last Preparations.
• Chapter XIX. The Journey Northward.
• Chapter XX. Footprints on the Snow.
• Chapter XXI. The Open Sea.
• Chapter XXII. The Approach to the Pole.
• Chapter XXIII. The English Flag.
• Chapter XXIV. Polar Cosmography.
• Chapter XXV. Mount Hatteras.
• Chapter XXVI. Return to the South.
• Chapter XXVII. Conclusion
• About the Author