CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME vii 



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Start — More Troubles with the Sledges — A Heavy Loss — Wind 

 from the Summit — The Upper Glacier — A Week in Camp — We 

 Break Away and Reach the Summit — Hard Conditions — Party 

 Divided — Eight Days Onward —An Awe-inspiring Plain — We 

 Turn as the Month Ends 151 



CHAPTER XVIII 



RETURN FROM THE WEST 



Returning over the Great Plateau — Doubts about Provisions and Oil 

 — Harrowing Effect of Fresh Snov/fall — Thick Weather — No 

 Sight of Landmarks — Sudden Descent into Glacier — Escape from 

 a Crevasse — Exploration of North Arm — A Curious Valley — 

 Return to the Ship— Results of other Sledging Efforts — Ferrar's 

 Journey — Barne's Journey — Royds' Journey— Shorter Journeys — 

 Review of Sledging Work . . . . . , .197 



CHAPTER XIX 



ESCAPE FROM THE ICE 



Indigestion— Arrival at the Sawing Camp — Sawing Operations- 

 Break-up of Sawing Party — The Open Water — Arrival of the 

 Relief Ships — Unwelcome News — Stagnant Condition of the 

 Ice — Depressing Effect — Preparations for Abandoning the 'Dis- 

 covery ' — Ice Breaking Away — Explosions —Anxious Days — 

 Final Break-up of the Ice— Dramatic Approach of the Relief Ships 

 — The Small Fleet Together — Final Explosion — The ' Discovery ' 

 Free ........... 227 



CHAPTER XX 



HOMEWARD BOUND 



Memorial to our Lost Shipmate — Gale Commences — Ship Driven 

 on Shore — Gloomy Outlook — Sudden Escape — Coaling — Driven 

 North — Departure of ' Morning ' — Wood Bay — Trouble with 

 Pumps — Possession Islands — Rudder Disabled — Robertson Bay — 

 Rudder Replaced— Towards Cape North— Heavy Pack— Skirting 

 Pack — 'Terra Nova' Parts Company — Balleny Islands— Over 



