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Rest in the Sun--Steady Plodding--The First Pony Shot--A Trying
March--The Second Pony Shot--Dogs, Ponies, and Driving--The
Southern Mountains Appear--The Third Blizzard--A Fourth
Blizzard--The Fifth and Long Blizzard--Patience and Resolution--Still
Held Up--The End of the Barrier Journey. ... 308

CHAPTER XVII
ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER
Difficulties with Deep Snow--With Full Loads--After-Effects of the
Great Storm--A Fearful Struggle--Less Snow and Better Going--The
Valley of the Beardmore--Wilson Snow Blind--The Upper Glacier
Basin--Return of the First Party--Upper Glacier Depot. ... 340

CHAPTER XVIII
THE SUMMIT JOURNEY TO THE POLE
Pressures Under Mount Darwin--A Change for the Better--Running of
a Sledge--Lost Time Made Up--Comfort of Double Tent--Last
Supporting Party Returns--Hard Work on the Summit--Accident to
Evans--The Members of the Party--Mishap to a Watch--A Chill in the
Air--A Critical Time--Forestalled--At the Pole. ... 354

CHAPTER XIX

THE RETURN FROM THE POLE
A Hard Time on the Summit--First Signs of Weakening--Difficulty in
Following Tracks--Getting Hungrier--Accidents Multiply--Accident to
Scott--The Ice-fall--End of the Summit Journey--Happy Moments on
Firm Land--In a Maze of Crevasses--Mid-Glacier Depôt Reached--A
Sick Comrade--Death of P.O. Evans. ... 377

CHAPTER XX
THE LAST MARCH
Snow Like Desert Sand--A Gloomy Prospect--No Help from the
Wind--The Grip of Cold--Three Blows of Misfortune--From Bad to
Worse--A Sick Comrade--Oates' Case Hopeless--The Death of
Oates--Scott Frostbitten--The Last Camp--Farewell Letters--The Last
Message. ... 396
APPENDIX ... 419

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE FIRST VOLUME
Photogravure Plates
Portrait of Captain Robert F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O. Frontispiece From a
Painting by Harrington Mann
From Sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson
A Lead in the Pack 26 On the Way to the Pole 364 'Black Flag
Camp'--Amundsen's Black Flag within a Few Miles of the South Pole
367 Amundsen's Tent at the South Pole 371 Cairn left by the
Norwegians S.S.W. from Black Flag Camp and Amundsen's South Pole
Mark 376 Mount Buckley, One of the Last of Many Pencil Sketches
made on the Return Journey from the Pole 386
Coloured Plates
From Water-colour Drawings by Dr. Edward A. Wilson
The Great Ice Barrier, looking east from Cape Crozier Facing p. 51 Hut

Point, Midnight, March 27, 1911 138 A Sunset from Hut Point, April 2,
1911 150 Mount Erebus 169 Lunar Corona 176 Paraselene, June 15,
1911 178 'Birdie' Bowers reading the Thermometer on the Ramp, June
6, 1911 214 Iridescent Clouds. Looking North from Cape Evans 257
Exercising the Ponies 288 Mr. Ponting Lecturing on Japan 202
Panoramas
From Photographs by Herbert G. Ponting
The Western Mountains as seen from Captain Scott's Winter Quarters
at Cape Evans _Facing p._ 126 Mount Terror and its Glaciers 126 The
Royal Society Mountains of Victoria Land--Telephoto Study from
Cape Evans 284 Mount Erebus and Glaciers to the Turk's Head 284
Full Page Plates
The Full Page Plates are from photographs by Herbert G. Ponting,
except where otherwise stated
The Crew of the 'Terra Nova' _Facing p._ 2 Captain Oates and Ponies
on the 'Terra Nova' 6 'Vaida' 8 'Krisravitsa' 8 'Stareek' Malingering 8
Manning the Pumps 10 The First Iceberg 10 Albatross Soaring 12
Albatrosses Foraging in the Wake of the 'Terra Nova' 12 Dr. Wilson
and Dr. Atkinson loading the Harpoon Gun 14 A. B. Cheetham--the
Boatswain of the 'Terra Nova' 14 Evening Scene in the Pack 17 Lieut.
Evans in the Crow's Nest 20 Furling Sail in the Pack 20 A Berg
breaking up in the Pack 23 Moonlight in the Pack 29 Christmas Eve
(1910) in the Pack 36 'I don't care what becomes of Me' 44 An Adelie
about to Dive 44 Open Water in the Ross Sea 46 In the Pack--a Lead
opening up 48 Cape Crozier: the End of the Great Ice Barrier 54
Ice-Blink over the Barrier 56 The Barrier and Mount Terror 56 The
Midnight Sun in McMurdo Sound 58 Entering McMurdo Sound--Cape
Bird and Mount Erebus 60 Surf breaking against Stranded Ice at Cape
Evans 60 The 'Terra Nova' in McMurdo Sound 62 Disembarking the
Ponies 64 Ponies tethered out on the Sea Ice Facing p. 64 Lieut. H. E.
de P. Rennick 66 Lieut. Rennick and a Friendly Penguin 66 The Arch
Berg from Within 68 Something of a Phenomenon--A Fresh Water
Cascade 71 The Arch Berg from Without 74 Ponting Cinematographs
the Bow of the 'Terra Nova' Breaking through the Ice-floes 76 Landing
a Motor-Sledge 76 Lieut. Evans and Nelson Cutting a Cave for Cold
Storage 78 The Condition of Affairs a Week after Landing 78 Killer
Whales Rising to Blow 82 Hut Point and Observation Hill 82 The

Tenements 84 Plan of Hut Page 85 The Point of the Barne Glacier
Facing p. 90 Winter Quarters at Cape Evans 94 Lillie and Dr. Levick
Sorting a Trawl Catch 101 Seals Basking on Newly-formed Pancake
Ice off Cape Evans 106 Lieut. Tryggve Gran 112 Captain Scott on Skis
118 Summer Time: the Ice opening up