Chapter IX. Kennedy Channel.
Cape Constitution, [98]; difference in appearance of coast-lines, [99]; Hall Basin blocked with ice, [100]; Bessels Bay, [100]; Hannah Island, [101]; cross Kennedy Channel, [103]; musk-oxen, [104]; winter quarters of “Discovery,” [107]; the two ships part company, [107].
Chapter X. The Crossing of the Threshold.
Robeson Channel, [110]; stopped off Cape Beechey, [113]; Shift-Rudder Bay, [114]; floe-bergs, [114]; the first lemming, [115]; marine shells above sea-level, [116]; depôt established at Lincoln Bay, [117]; a fortunate escape, [119]; crossing the threshold, [119]; finally stopped by ice, [121]; the Frozen Ocean, [122].
Chapter XI. Floe-berg Beach.
Saved by floe-bergs, [125]; precarious winter quarters, [126]; a reconnaissance in dog-sledges, [128]; habits of Eskimo dogs, [130]; Dumb-bell Bay, [131]; eider-ducks, [132]; two boats advanced northwards, [133]; a severe march, [134]; danger of the ship, [134]; unable to move, [135]; autumn sledging commenced, [136].
Chapter XII. Autumn Travelling.
Autumn travelling, [138]; discomforts, [139]; liability to frost-bites, [142]; difficulties, [145]; cheerfulness of the men, [146]; highest position reached in the autumn, [147]; frost-bites, [147]; return of travellers, [149]; results, [150].
Chapter XIII. Winter Quarters.
Preparations for winter, [152]; observatories, [153]; snow houses, [154]; the ship “housed” in, [154]; interior arrangements, [156]; winter clothing, [159]; precautions against fire, [161]; observations for temperature, [162].