CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME vii 



I'AUE 



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 Snowfall — 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 



