CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME xi 



CHAPTER XVni 



THE SUMMIT JOURNEY TO THE POLE 



Page 

 Pressures Under Mount Darwin — A Change for the Better — 

 Running of a Sledge — Lost Time Made Up — Comfort of 

 Double Tent — Last Supporting Party Returns — Hard Work 

 on the Summit — Accident to Evans — The Members of the 

 Party — Mishap to a Watch — A Chill in the Air — A Critical 

 Time — Forestalled — At the Pole 354 



CHAPTER XIX 



THE RETURN FROM THE POLE 



A Hard Time on the Summit — First Signs of Weakening — Diffi- 

 culty in Following Tracks — Getting Hungrier — Accidents 

 Multiply — Accident to Scott — The Ice-fall — End of the Sum- 

 mit Journey — Happy Moments on Firm Land — In a Maze 

 of Crevasses — Mid-Glacier Depot Reached — A Sick Comrade 

 — Death of P. O. Evans 377 



CHAPTER XX 



THE LAST MARCH 



Snow Like Desert Sand — A Gloomy Prospect — No Help from the 

 Wind — The Grip of Cold — Three Blows of Misfortune — 

 From Bad to Worse — A Sick Comrade — Gates' Case Hope- 

 less — The Death of Gates — Scott Frostbitten — The Last 

 Camp — Farewell Letters — The Last Message 396 



Appendix 419 



