vlii SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



CHAPTER IV 



SETTLING IN 



Page 



Loss of a Motor — A Dog Dies — Result of Six Days' Work — Res- 

 tive Ponies — An Ice Cave — Loading Ballast — Pony Pros- 

 pects — First Trip to Hut Point — Return: Prospects of Sea 

 Ice — A Secure Berth — The Hut — Home Fittings and Autumn 

 Plans — The Pianola — Seal Rissoles — The Ship Stranded — Ice 

 begins to go 73 



CHAPTER V 



DEPOT LAYING TO ONE TON CAMP 



Dogs and Ponies at Work — Stores for Depots — Old Stores at Dis- 

 covery Hut — To Encourage the Pony — Depot Plans — Pony 

 Snowshoes — Impressions on the March — Further Impres- 

 sions — Sledging Necessities and Luxuries — A Better Surface 

 — Chaos Without; Comfort Within — After the Blizzard — 

 Marching Routine — The Weakest Ponies Return — Bowers 

 and Cherry-Garrard — Snow Crusts and Blizzards — A Re- 

 sented Frostbite — One Ton Camp 96 



CHAPTER VI 



ADVENTURE AND PERIL 



Dogs' and Ponies' Ways — The Dogs in a Crevasse — Rescue Work 

 — Chances of a Snow Bridge— The Dog Rations- — A Startling 

 Mail — Cross the Other Party — The End of Weary Willy — 

 The Ice Breaks — The Ponies on the Floe — Safely Back ... 122 



CHAPTER VII 



AT DISCOVERY HUT 



Fitting up the Old Hut — A Possible Land Route — The Geological 

 Party Arrives — Clothing — Exceptional Gales — Geology at 

 Hut Point — An Ice Foot Exposed — Stabling at Hut Point — 

 Waiting for the Ice — A Clear Day — Pancake Ice — Life at 

 Hut Point — From Hut Point to Cape Evans — A Blizzard on 

 the Sea Ice — Dates of the Sea Freezing 138 



CHAPTER VIII 



HOME IMPRESSIONS AND AN EXCURSION 



Baseless Fears about the Hut — The Death of 'Hackenschmidt' — 

 The Dark Room — The Biologists' Cubicle — An Artificer 

 Cook — A Satisfactory Organisation — Up an Ice Face — An 

 Icy Run — On getting Hot 158 



