I SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



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 — Storms and Acclimatisation — On Physiography — Another 

 Lost Dog Returns — The Debris Cones — On Chinese Adven- 

 tures — Inverted Temperature 255 



CHAPTER XIV 



PREPARATIOXS: THE SPRING JOURNEY 



On Polar Clothing — Prospects of the Alotor Sledges — South 

 Polar Tunes, II — The Spring Western Journey — The Broken 

 Glacier Tongue — Marching Against a Blizzard — The Value 

 of Experience — General Activity — Final Instructions . . . 276 



CHAPTER XV 



THE LAST WEEKS AT CAPE EVANS 



Clissold's Accident — Various Invalids — Christopher's Capers — A 

 Motor Mishap — Dog Sickness — Some Personal Sketches — A 

 Pony Accident — A Football Knee — Value of the Motors — 

 The Balance of Heat and Cold — The First Motor on the 

 Barrier — Last Days at Cape Evans 290 



CHAPTER XVI 



SOUTHERN journey: THE BARRIER STAGE 



Midnight Lunches — A Motor Breaks Down — The Second Motor 

 Fails — Curious Features of the Blizzard — Ponies Suffer in a 

 Blizzard — Ponies go Well — A Head Wind — Bad Conditions 

 Continue — At One Ton Camp — Winter Minimum Tempera- 

 ture — Daily Rest in the Sun — Steady Plodding — The First 

 Pony Shot — A Trying March — The Second Pony Shot — 

 Dogs, Ponies, and Driving — The Southern Mountains Appear 

 — The Third Blizzard — A Fourth Blizzard — The Fifth and 

 Long Blizzard — Patience and Resolution — Still Field Up — 

 The End of the Barrier Journey 308 



CHAPTER XVII 



ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER 



DifRculties with Deep Snow — With Full Loads — After-Effects of 

 the Great Storm — A Fearful Struggle — Less Snow and Better 

 Going — The Valley of the Beardmore — Wilson Snow Blind 

 — The Upper Glacier Basin — Return of the First Party — 

 Upper Glacier Depot 34^ 



