First published 1922

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS

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[Contents][v]
[List of Illustrations][vii]
[List of Maps][viii]
Chapter[VIII]Spring[301]
Chapter[IX]The Polar Journey. I. The Barrier Stage[317]
Chapter[X]The Polar Journey. II. The Beardmore Glacier[350]
Chapter[XI]The Polar Journey. III. The Plateau To 87° 32´ S[368]
Chapter[XII]The Polar Journey. IV. Returning Parties[380]
Chapter[XIII]Suspense[408]
Chapter[XIV]The Last Winter[436]
Chapter[XV]Another Spring[459]
Chapter[XVI]The Search Journey[472]
Chapter[XVII]The Polar Journey. V. The Pole And After[496]
Chapter[XVIII]The Polar Journey. VI. Farthest South[527]
Chapter[XIX]Never Again[543]
[Glossary][579]
[Index][581]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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A Halo round the Moon, showing vertical and horizontal shafts and mock Moons.[Frontispiece]
From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Camp on the Barrier. November 22, 1911. A rough sketch for future use.[322]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Parhelia. For description, see text. November 14, 1911. A rough sketch for future use.[332]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Plate III.The Mountains which lie between the Barrier and the Plateau as seen on December 1, 1911.[338]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
A Pony Camp on the Barrier.[346]
The Dog Teams leaving the Beardmore Glacier. Mount Hope and the Gateway before them.[346]
From photographs by C. S. Wright.
Plate IV.Transit sketch for the Lower Glacier Depôt. December 11, 1911. Showing the Pillar Rock, mainland mountains, the Gateway or Gap, and the beginning of the main Beardmore Glacier outlet on to the Barrier.[352]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Plate V.Mount F. L. Smith and the land to the North-West. December 12, 1911.[354]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Plate VI.Mount Elizabeth, Mount Anne and Socks Glacier. December 13, 1911.[356]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Mount Patrick. December 16, 1911.[358]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Plate VII.From Mount Deakin to Mount Kinsey, showing the outlet of the Keltie Glacier, and Mount Usher in the distance. December 19, 1911.[362]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Our night Camp at the foot of the Buckley Island ice-falls. December 20, 1911. Buckley Island in the background. Note ablation pits in the snow.[364]
From a photograph by C. S. Wright.
The Adams Mountains.[382]
The First Return Party on the Beardmore Glacier.[382]
From photographs by C. S. Wright.
Camp below the Cloudmaker. Note pressure ridges in the middle distance.[390]
From a photograph by C. S. Wright.
Plate VIII.From Mount Kyffin to Mount Patrick. December 14, 1911.[392]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
View from Arrival Heights northwards to Cape Evans and the Dellbridge Islands.[428]
Cape Royds from Cape Barne, with the frozen McMurdo Sound.[428]
From photographs by F. Debenham.
Cape Evans in Winter. This view is drawn when looking northwards from under the Ramp.[440]
From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
North Bay and the snout of the Barne Glacier from Cape Evans.[448]
From a photograph by F. Debenham.
The Mule Party leaves Cape Evans. October 29, 1912.[472]
From a photograph by F. Debenham.
The Dog Party leaves Hut Point. November 1, 1912.[478]
From a photograph by F. Debenham.
"Atch": E. L. Atkinson, commanding the Main Landing Party after the death of Scott.[492]
"Titus" Oates.[492]
From photographs by C. S. Wright.
The Tent left by Amundsen at the South Pole (Polheim).[506]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Buckley Island, where the fossils were found.[518]
From a photograph by C. S. Wright.
Plate IX.Buckley Island, sketched during the evening of December 21, 1911.[522]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Mount Kyffin, sketched on December 13, 1911.[524]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Where Evans died, showing the Pillar Rock near which the Lower Glacier Depôt was made. Sketched on December 11, 1911.[526]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Sledging in a high wind: the floor-cloth of the tent is the sail.[530]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
Plate X.Mount Longstaff, sketched on December 1, 1911. See also Plate III., p. [338][532]
From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.
A Blizzard Camp: the half-buried sledge is in the foreground.[536]
From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.

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