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THE STORY OF SHACKLETON’S LAST EXPEDITION 1914–1917

by Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O.

IN THE PRIDE OF HER YOUTH.
Colour Photograph by F. Hurley

TO
MY COMRADES
WHO FELL IN THE WHITE WARFARE
OF THE SOUTH AND ON THE
RED FIELDS OF FRANCE
AND FLANDERS

Contents

[PREFACE]
[I. INTO THE WEDDELL SEA]
[II. NEW LAND]
[III. WINTER MONTHS]
[IV. LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE]
[V. OCEAN CAMP]
[VI. THE MARCH BETWEEN]
[VII. PATIENCE CAMP]
[VIII. ESCAPE FROM THE ICE]
[IX. THE BOAT JOURNEY]
[X. ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA]
[XI. THE RESCUE]
[XII. ELEPHANT ISLAND]
[XIII. THE ROSS SEA PARTY]
[XIV. WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND]
[XV. LAYING THE DEPOTS]
[XVI. THE AURORA’S DRIFT]
[XVII. THE LAST RELIEF]
[XVIII. THE FINAL PHASE]
[APPENDIX I:]
[SCIENTIFIC WORK]
[SEA-ICE NOMENCLATURE]
[METEOROLOGY]
[PHYSICS]
[SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALES AND WHALING]
[APPENDIX II:]
[THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO SOUND]
[INDEX]