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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER P A G' ; 



XXVI. NORTH DEVON AND ST. HELENA .... 310 



XXVII. CLOSED IN AND SHUT OUT 318 



XXVIII. HUNTING FOR WINTER FOOD 326 



XXIX. THE FOURTH WINTER AND SPRING 350 



XXX. To SMORGRAUTBERGET 371 



XXXI. SEVENTEENTH OF MAY WHITSUNTIDE AMENITIES .... 375 



XXXII. BLAAMANDEN AND BAY FJORD 384 



XXXIII. HOME TO THE 'FRAM' 398 



XXXIV. OUR COMRADES' EXPERIENCES CONE ISLAND BEECHEY 



ISLAND THE CUTTER 'MARY' THE DEPOT SPOILED 



NORTH DEVON AND STEXKULFJORD 406 



XXXV. THE LAST SUMMER 421 



XXXVI. HOMEWARD! 436 



SUMMARY OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE OWNERS OF THE 



EXPEDITION 452 



SCIENTIFIC APPENDICES. 



I. PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



MADE DURING THE SECOND NORWEGIAN POLAR EXPEDITION 



IN THE ' FRAM.' By P. SCHEI 455 



II. SUMMARY OF THE BOTANICAL WORK OF THE EXPEDITION, 



AND ITS RESULTS. By HERMAN G. SIMMONS . . . : . 467 



III. ANIMAL LIFE IN Krso OSCAR LAND, AND THE NEIGHBOURING 



TRACTS. By E. BAY 477 



IV. SUMMARY OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, By 



HERMAN G. SIMMONS 484 



INDEX 495 



