List of Illustrations to Vol.  I

To Face Page
Roald Amundsen Frontispiece
Approximate Bird’s-eye View, Drawn from the First Telegraphic
Account 1
Reproduced by permission of the Daily Chronicle
The Opening of Roald Amundsen’s Manuscript 1
Helmer Hanssen, Ice Pilot, a Member of the Polar Party 50
The “Fram’s” Pigsty 60
The Pig’s Toilet 60
Hoisting the Flag 90
A Patient 90
Some Members of the Expedition 92
Sverre Hassel 101
Oscar Wisting 102
In the North-east Trades 130
In the Rigging 134
Taking an Observation 134
Ronne Felt Safer when the Dogs were Muzzled 136
Starboard Watch on the Bridge 136
Olav Bjaaland, a Member of the Polar Party 136
In the Absence of Lady Partners, Ronne Takes a Turn with the
Dogs 148
An Albatross 150
In Warmer Regions 150

A Fresh Breeze in the West Wind Belt 152
The Propeller Lifted in the Westerlies 154
The “Fram’s” Saloon Decorated for Christmas Eve 158
Ronne at a Sailor’s Job 162
The “Fram” In Drift-ice 162
Drift-ice in Ross Sea 168
A Clever Method of Landing 170
The “Fram” under Sail 170
Cape Man’s Head on the Barrier 174
Seal-hunting 176
The “Fram” 176
The Crew of the “Fram” in the Bay of Whales 178
The “Fram” in the Bay of Whales 178
The First Dog-camp 180
Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News
Digging the Foundations of Framheim 184
Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News
Building the Hut 186
Unloading the Six Sledge-drivers 186
Polar Transport 192
Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News
Penguins 192
The Provision Store 192
Framheim, January, 1911 194
Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News
Suggen, Arne, and the Colonel 196
Mikkel, Ravn, and Mas-mas 196
Framheim, February, 1911 206
Prestrud in Winter Dress 208
Bjaaland in Winter Dress 208
The “Fram” Veteran, Lindstrom:  the Only Man Who has Sailed round the
Continent of America 208

The Start of the First Depot Journey 208
A Page from the Sledge Diary, Giving Details of Depots I. and II.
230
Framheim, March, 1911 248
Killing Seals for the Depot 254
Reproduced by permission of the Illustrated London News
The Meat Tent 264
The Meteorological Screen 266
Inside a Dog-tent 266
A Winter Evening at Framheim 272
The Carpenters’ Shop 272
Entrance to the Hut 272
Entrance to the Western Workshop 272
Prestrud in His Observatory 272
Wisting at the Sewing-machine 278
Packing Sledges in the “Crystal Palace”