x SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



Pagb 

 Storms and Acclimatisation On Physiography Another 

 Lost Dog Returns The Debris Cones On Chinese Adven- 

 tures Inverted Temperature 255 



CHAPTER XIV 



preparations: the spring journey 



On Polar Clothing Prospects of the Motor Sledges South 

 Polar Times, 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 Held Up 

 The End of the Barrier Journey 308 



CHAPTER XVII 



ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER 



Difficulties 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 340 



