CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME ix 



CHAPTER IX 



THE WORK AND THE WORKERS 



Page 

 Balloons — Occupations — Many Talents — The Young Ice goes out 

 — Football: Inverted Temperatures — Of Rainbows — Foot- 

 ball: New Ice — Individual Scientific Work — Individuals at 

 Work — Thermometers on the Floe — Floe Temperatures — A 

 Bacterium in the Snow — Return of the Hut Point Party — Per- 

 sonal Harmony 171 



CHAPTER X 



IN WINTER quarters: MODERN STYLE 



On Penguins — The Electrical Instruments — On Horse Manage- 

 ment — On Ice Problems — The Aurora — The Nimrod Hut — 

 Continued Winds — Modern Interests — The Sense of Cold — 

 On the Floes — A Tribute to Wilson 190 



CHAPTER XI 



TO MIDWINTER DAY 



Ventilation — On the Meteorological Instruments — Magnesium 

 Flashlight — On the Beardmore Glacier — Lively Discussions 

 — ^Action of Sea Water on Ice — A Theory of Blizzards — On 

 Arctic Surveying — Ice Structure — Ocean Life — On Vol- 

 canoes — Daily Routine — On Motor Sledging — Crozier Party's 

 Experiments — Midwinter Day Dinner — A Christmas Tree 

 — An Ethereal Glory 205 



CHAPTER XII 



AWAITING THE CROZIER PARTY 



Threats of a Blizzard — Start of the Crozier Party — Strange Winds 

 — ^A Current Vane — Pendulum Observations — Lost on the 

 Floe — The Wanderer Returns — Pony Parasites — A Great 

 Gale — The Ways of Storekeepers — A Sick Pony — A Sudden 

 Recovery — Effects of Lack of Light — Winds of Hurricane 

 Force — Unexpected Ice Conditions — Telephones at Work — 

 The Cold on the Winter Journey — Shelterless in a Blizzard 

 — ^A Most Gallant Story — Winter Clothing Nearly Perfect . 228 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE RETURN OF THE SUN 



The Indomitable Bowers — A Theory of Blizzards — Ponies' Tricks 

 — On Horse Management — The Two Esquimaux Dogs — Bal- 

 loon Records — On Scurvy — From Tent Island — On India 



