IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME TWO

CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LIMITED

LONDON BOMBAY SYDNEY

First published 1922

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS

PAGE
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 deg. 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

A Halo round the Moon, showing vertical and horizontal shafts
    and mock Moons. Frontispiece
      From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson.

FACING PAGE

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 Depot. 
    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.