Chapter I: Front Matter

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INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

In the beginning it was the intention of Sir Ernest Shackleton to give Scout Marr the benefit of his guiding hand in the writing of this book; and indeed up to within a few days of the great explorer’s death, he spent many moments in talking it over with Marr, and incidentally gave valuable hints as together they went over the Scout’s notes of his observations. In this way the framework of the book may be said to have been laid down by Sir Ernest, and the earlier chapters bear the impress of his kindly advice as well as the reinforcement of his wide and wise experience.

From the sad moment of his death the narrative was continued by Scout Marr, and then when the MS. was completed, the young author’s work was given the valued editorial overlook of so experienced a writer of the things of the sea as Captain Frank H. Shaw.

In this way the book grew into its present form, and may be considered the more acceptable insomuch as it reflects the personality of the “Boss,” and is, moreover, just one more instance of his comradely spirit toward one on the threshold of life.

Into the Frozen South

By SCOUT MARR, of the Quest
Expedition With Twenty-nine Half-tone Illustrations

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1923

First Published, September 1923
Reprinted, October 1923
Reprinted, November 1923

Printed in Great Britain.

To
JOHN QUILLER ROWETT

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

1. HOPE REALIZED 1

2. LONDON’S GOOD-BYE 6

3. THE VOYAGE BEGINS 18

4. LISBON TO MADEIRA 33

5. EXPERIENCES AFLOAT 44

6. ON THE WAY TO RIO 55

7. CHRISTMAS IN SOUTHERN SEAS 71

8. WE RUN INTO ICE 93

9. THE GREAT BLOW FALLS 102

10. FRANK WILD TAKES COMMAND 106

11. ALL ICE WHERE EYE COULD SEE 117

12. THE GREAT STRUGGLE BEGINS 131

13. GOING DOGGEDLY ON 145

14. WE MAKE FOR ELEPHANT ISLAND 160

15. A ROUGH TIME WITH ICE AND WIND 177

16. SOUTH GEORGIA AGAIN 186

17. A SPELL ON TRISTAN DA CUNHA 198

18. AMONG THE ISLANDS 213

19. ASAIL FOR HOME 224

INDEX 241

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Raising the Union Jack given by King George V to the
_Quest_ (Scout Marr is hoisting the left Signal
Halyard) Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Sir Ernest Shackleton and Mr. John Quiller Rowett 4

The _Quest’s_ Goodly Company of Adventurers 5

On the Way: The _Quest_ in the Trades 58

The Ship’s Pets:
Query, the wolfhound 59
Questie, the cat, on Marr’s Shoulder 59

South Georgian Whaling Station: At Work on Blue
Whales 94

Some Finny Spoil from St. Paul’s Rocks 94

Launching the Kite for Aerial Observation 94

Sir Ernest’s Cabin on the _Quest_ 94

Penguins at Home 94

Dead Whales in Prince Olaf Harbour 94

View from above a South Georgia Glacier 94

Cape Pigeons at South Georgia 95

Gentoo Penguins 95

The _Quest_ Narrowly Escapes an Iceberg 120

The Midnight Sun in the Land of Ice 120

Finding the Magnetic Dip: Jeffrey and Douglas at
Work 121

Taking the First Sounding in the Frozen South 121

The _Quest_ is Frozen In 140

Forging Ahead through Loose Pack Ice 141

In the Antarctic: The _Quest_ a Mass of Frozen
Spray 141

The Wake of Loose Ice as seen from the Crow’s Nest 182

A Close-up View of the Pack 182

Entering the Pack 183

Collecting Ice for Replenishing the Water Tanks 183

Scout Marr presents Sir Robert Baden-Powell’s
Flag to the Tristan da Cunha Troop 204

We go in Search of Fresh Food 205

The _Quest_ off Inaccessible Island 205

(Scout Marr is Hoisting the Left Signal Halyard.)

_Photo: Topical._]

INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH