CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME 



CHAPTER XVIII 



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. 0. 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 Oates' Case Hope- 

 less The Death of Oates Scott Frostbitten The Last 

 Camp Farewell Letters The Last Message 396 



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