The Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby

Memorials of the Sea : My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by his son, the Rev. William Scoresby, D.D., is now available on Project Gutenberg.

Third in the author's Memorials of the Sea, the volume does seem to cover a remarkable career, as outlined by the table of contents:

Chapter I.—Early Life and Progress as a Seaman  3
Sect.  1. My Father’s early Life  3
   2. His First Year’s Apprenticeship  12
   3. His Progress as a Seaman, with Incidents of Sea-life  20
   4. Capture by the Enemy, and Escape from a Spanish Prison  26
   5. Rewards of Masterly Seamanship  31
   6. Entrance on, and Progress in Training in, the Greenland Whale-fishery  36
Chapter II.—Commencement and Progress in Whale-fishing Enterprise as Commander  42
Sect.  1. Disappointment in his First Command  42
   2. His Second Adventure and commencing Prosperity  52
   3. Further Successes, with their comparative Relations, in the Ship Henrietta  55
   4. Episodical Incident—the Rescue of endangered Pleasurers  65
   5. The Greenland Doctor  71
   6. Taming of a Bear—interesting Recognition  78
Chapter III.—The Ship Dundee, of London  86
Sect.  1. Entrance on, and general Results of, this new Command  86
   2. Dangerous Accident—admirable Tact  89
   3. The Dandy Sailor, or “Fine Tommy”  92
   4. Unfortunate Voyage, and Adventure in the Greenland Ices  96
   5. Successful Stratagem in War  103
   6. Extraordinary Exploit in “cutting in,” single-handed, a moderately-grown young Whale  108
Chapter IV.—The Ship Resolution, of Whitby  116
Sect.  1. Continued Prosperity; the Results, comparatively and generally, of this fresh Enterprise  116
   2. Treatment and Recovery of a half-frozen Seaman  126
   3. Judicious Treatment of Men having suffered from severe Exposure  129
   4. The Crow’s Nest  135
   5. Extraordinary Celerity in preparing an empty Boat for the Fishery  139
   6. Tact and Bravery in attacking and killing a dangerously-resisting Whale  144
   7. Remarkable Enterprise: the nearest Approach to the North Pole  152
   8. Devotional Habits, at Sea and on Shore  164
Chapter V.—Further Enterprises: General Results  171
Sect.  1. The Greenock Whale-fishing Company  171
   2. “Cum au greim a gheibhthu”  174
   3. Subsequent and concluding Enterprises  178
   4. General Results of his entire Whale-fishing Adventures  185
   5. Unusual Capture of Walruses  189
Chapter VI.—General Characteristics, and Miscellaneous Notices  195
Sect.  1. Superiority as an Arctic Navigator  195
   2. Natural Science  203
   3. Improvements and Inventions  215
   4. Miscellaneous and concluding Notices  224

The book also includes interesting statistics about whaling activities and the vessels' finances--it's wonderful to see this book become widely available from Project Gutenberg, like all their titles, in such a nice electronic edition, in so many formats.