The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2

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The South Pole
An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910 — 1912
By Roald Amundsen
Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater
Contents of Vol. II
Appendix III: Geology 395 By J. Schetelig Appendix IV.: The Astronomical Observations at the Pole 399 By A. Alexander, with Note by Professor H. Geelmuyden Appendix V.: Oceanography 404 By Professors Björn Helland-Hansen and Fridtjof Nansen Index 439
List of Illustrations to Vol. II
To Face Page Roald Amundsen in Polar Kit Frontispiece A Snow Beacon on the Barrier Surface 4 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Crevassed Surface on the Barrier 10 Depot in 83 Degrees S. 28 Depot in 82 Degrees S. 28 At the Depot in Lat. 84 Degrees S. 32 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News The Depot and Mountains in Lat. 85 Degrees S. 34 Ascending Mount Betty 38 Mount Fridtjof Nansen, 15,000 Feet Above the Sea 50 At the End of a Day's March: the Pole Expedition 70 The Tent After a Blizzard 70 A Large Filled Crevasse on the Devil's Glacier 84 Hell's Gate on the Devil's Glacier 86 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Mount Thorvald Nilsen 90 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News The Sledges Packed for the Final March 106 Taking an Observation at the Pole 112 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News At the South Pole: Oscar Wisting and His Team Arrive at the Goal 120 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News
A Page from the Observation Book, December 17, 1911 130 At the South Pole, December 16 and 17, 1911 134 Mount Don Pedro Christophersen 156 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Framheim on the Return of the Polar Party 174 Lindström in the Kitchen 174 Farewell to the Barrier 178 Bjaaland as Tinker 180 Dogs Landed at Hobart for Dr. Mawson's Expedition 180 Members of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition 184 Lieutenant Prestrud 204 An Original Inhabitant of the Antarctic 212 Stubberud Reviews the Situation 214 Camp on the Barrier: Eastern Expedition 223 A Broken-off Cape 223 Off to the East 226 The Junction of the Great Barrier and King Edward Land 232 Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News Improvised Sounding Tackle 234 The Leader of the Eastern Expedition, Prestrud, on Scott's Nunatak 248 First in King Edward Land 254 In King Edward Land: After a Three Days' Storm 254 On Scott's Nunatak 258 Scott's Nunatak 258 The Fram at the Ice-edge, January, 1912 268 The Kainan Maru 272 Seals on Sea-ice near the Barrier 274 Seals: Mother and Calf 274 A Group of Adélie Penguins 278 A Quiet Pipe 278