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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 Depôt.
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._

PLATE VI. Mount Elizabeth, Mount Anne and Socks Glacier.
December 13, 1911. 356
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Mount Patrick. December 16, 1911. 358
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

PLATE VII. From Mount Deakin to Mount Kinsey, showing
the outlet of the Keltie Glacier, and Mount Usher in the
distance. December 19, 1911. 362
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Our night Camp at the foot of the Buckley Island ice-falls.
December 20, 1911. Buckley Island in the background.
Note ablation pits in the snow. 364
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

The Adams Mountains. 382

The First Return Party on the Beardmore Glacier. 382
_From photographs by C. S. Wright._

Camp below the Cloudmaker. Note pressure ridges in the
middle distance. 390
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

PLATE VIII. From Mount Kyffin to Mount Patrick. December
14, 1911. 392
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

View from Arrival Heights northwards to Cape Evans and the
Dellbridge Islands. 428

Cape Royds from Cape Barne, with the frozen McMurdo Sound. 428
_From photographs by F. Debenham._

Cape Evans in Winter. This view is drawn when looking
northwards from under the Ramp. 440
_From a water-colour drawing by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

North Bay and the snout of the Barne Glacier from Cape Evans. 448
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

The Mule Party leaves Cape Evans. October 29, 1912. 472
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

The Dog Party leaves Hut Point. November 1, 1912. 478
_From a photograph by F. Debenham._

"Atch": E. L. Atkinson, commanding the Main Landing
Party after the death of Scott. 492

"Titus" Oates. 492
_From photographs by C. S. Wright._

The Tent left by Amundsen at the South Pole (Polheim). 506
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Buckley Island, where the fossils were found. 518
_From a photograph by C. S. Wright._

PLATE IX. Buckley Island, sketched during the evening of
December 21, 1911. 522
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Mount Kyffin, sketched on December 13, 1911. 524
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Where Evans died, showing the Pillar Rock near which the
Lower Glacier Depôt was made. Sketched on December 11, 1911. 526
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

Sledging in a high wind: the floor-cloth of the tent is the sail. 530
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

PLATE X. Mount Longstaff, sketched on December 1, 1911.
See also PLATE III., p. 338 532
_From sketches by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

A Blizzard Camp: the half-buried sledge is in the foreground. 536
_From a sketch by Dr. Edward A. Wilson._

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