Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899

by Frederick Albert Cook

CONTENTS

		PAGE
	Introduction	[vii]
CHAPTER
I	In and about Rio de Janeiro	[3]
II	From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo	[16]
III	Organisation of the Expedition	[39]
IV	The Belgica, her Equipment, her Comforts and Discomforts	[50]
V	Montevideo to Punta Arenas	[59]
VI	Punta Arenas, the Southernmost Town	[82]
VII	From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, Through the Fuegian Channels	[92]
VIII	A Race of Fuegian Giants	[98]
IX	Discoveries in a New World of Ice	[119]
X	Discoveries in a New World of Ice (continued)	[135]
XI	From Dancoland to Alexander Islands	[150]
XII	Across the Antarctic Circle—First Efforts to Penetrate the Pack	[161]
XIII	Along the Edge of the Pack-Ice	[174]
XIV	Over Unknown Waters into the Frozen Sea	[193]
XV	Helpless in a Hopeless Sea of Ice	[208]
XVI	Bird’s-Eye View of the Pack—Autumnal Tempests	[216]
XVII	The Fading Days of the Autumn	[227]
XVIII	The Autumn (continued). Work and Pastime	[241]
XIX	The Fading Days of the Autumn (continued)	[253]
XX	The Days of Twilight Preceding the Long Night	[267]
XXI	The South Polar Night—Departure of the Sun	[281]
XXII	The South Polar Night (continued). Days of Discontentment	[295]
XXIII	The South Polar Night (continued). The Death of Danco	[308]
XXIV	The South Polar Night (continued). Midnight to Dawn	[323]
XXV	Spring—Sunrise—Twilight of Dawn	[339]
XXVI	The Spring (continued). Return of Light—A Sledge Journey	[350]
XXVII	Summer	[365]
XXVIII	Summer (continued)	[378]
XXIX	Freed from the Ice-Embraces—Return to Civilisation	[390]
APPENDIX
I	General Results of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition	[409]
	Geography and Geology
	Astronomy and Magnetism
	Meteorology
	Ice
	Oceanography
	Zoölogy and Botany
II	The Antarctic Climate	[425]
III	The Bathymetrical Conditions of the Antarctic Regions	[436]
IV	Nautical Positions and Magnetic Deductions	[444]
V	The Navigation of the Antarctic Ice-Pack	[448]
VI	The Possibilities of Antarctic Exploration	[453]

OFFICIAL MAP

OF THE

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Charted by Captain George Lecointe

SECOND IN COMMAND.