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ILLUSTRATIONS

McMurdo Sound from Arrival Heights in Autumn. The sun
is sinking below the Western Mountains. _Frontispiece_
_From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

FACING PAGE

The Last of the Dogs. Scott's Southern Journey 1903. xxxvi
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

The Rookery of Emperor Penguins under the Cliffs of the
Great Ice Barrier: looking east from Cape Crozier. xlii
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Raymond Priestley and Victor Campbell. liv
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Sunrise behind South Trinidad Island. July 26, 1910. 12
_From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

The Roaring Forties. 32
_From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Pack-ice in the Ross Sea. Midnight, January 1911. 62
_From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

A Sea Leopard. 66

A Weddell Seal. 66
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

The Terra Nova in the pack. Men watering Ship. 74
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Taking a Sounding. 84
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Krisravitza. 84
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Mount Erebus showing Steam Cloud, the Ramp, and the
Hut at Cape Evans. 96
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Dog-skin outer Mitts showing lampwick Lashings for slinging
over the Shoulders. 114

Sledging Spoon, Pannikin and Cup, which pack into the inner
Cooker. 114
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Hut Point from the bottom of Observation Hill, showing the
Bay in which the Discovery lay, the Discovery Hut,
Vince's Cross, the frozen sea and the Western Mountains. 158
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Seals. 162

From the Sea. 162
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Winter Quarters at Cape Evans. Notice the Whale-back clouds
on Erebus, the débris cones on the Ramp, and the anemometer
pipes which had to be cleared during blizzard by way
of the ladder at the end of the Hut. 172
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

A Cornice of Snow formed upon a Cliff by wind and drift. 176
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

PLATE I. A panoramic view over Cape Evans, and McMurdo
Sound from the Ramp. 184
_From photographs by F. Debenham._

The sea's fringe of Ice growing outwards from the Land. 198
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Leading Ponies on the Barrier. November 20, 1911. 206
_From a sketch for a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Frozen sea and cliffs of Ice: the snout of the Barne Glacier in
North Bay. 212
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

Erebus and Land's End from the Sea-ice. 224
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

Erebus from Great Razorback Island. 224
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

Two Emperor Penguins. 234
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

PLATE II. A panoramic view of Ross Island from Crater Hill,
looking along the Hut Point Peninsula, showing some of
the topography of the Winter Journey. 236
_From photographs by F. Debenham._

Camping after Dark. 246
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Camp work in a Blizzard: passing the cooker into the tent. 256
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

A procession of Emperor Penguins. 264
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

The Knoll behind the Cliffs of Cape Crozier. 264
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

The Barrier pressure at Cape Crozier, with the Knoll. Part of
the bay in which the Emperor Penguins lay their eggs is
visible. 266
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

The Emperor Penguins nursing their Chicks on the Sea-ice,
with the cliffs of the Barrier behind. 268
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Mount Erebus and detail of Ice-pressure. 280
_From photographs by C. S. Wright._

Down a Crevasse. 290
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

MAPS

From New Zealand to the South Pole. lxiv Hut Point. From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson. 128 Cape Evans and McMurdo Sound. 194 The Winter Journey. 294