CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME xi 



CHAPTER VII 



PREPARING FOR WINTER 



PAGE 



Delay in Freezing-up of the Ship — Dog Troubles —Return of Royds — 

 Local Weather Conditions —Last Sledging Effort of the Season — 

 Advantage of Experience — Preparing for Winter — Winter Arriving 

 —Meteorological Screen — Tidal Observations —Magnetic Huts — 

 Capturing Crab-eaters — Emperor Penguin Hunt — Departure of 

 the Sun 188 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE POLAR WINTER 



Winter Routine — Obtaining Water — Meals and Meal-hours — Pas- 

 times — Officers' Routine — Debates — Exercise — Work of the 

 Officers — Weather Conditions — Heavy Blizzard and its Effects — 

 Incidents of the Winter — Winter Clothing — Remarks on our 

 Food — Sunday Routine — Discomforts of the Living-quarters from 

 Ice— Heating and Ventilation— Mid-winter Day . . . 216 



CHAPTER IX 



WINTER PASSING AWAY 



Our Settlement in Winter — The Large Hut— Lighting Arrangements 

 on Board — Prevention of Fire— A Night on Duty— Smoking 

 Habits— The 'South Polar Times' — Aurora Australis —Mishap 

 to our Boats— Moonlight Effects— Lost in a Blizzard — Theatrical 

 Entertainments — Nigger Minstrels — Increase of Light — New 

 Arrivals — Concerning the Dogs— Return of the Sun — View from 

 our Hills— Walks in Daylight — Preparations for Sledging — Ready 

 to Start . 256 



CHAPTER X 



HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING 



History of Polar Sledge Travelling —Early English Sledge Travellers 

 — Ross— McClintock — Peary — Nansen— Visit to Christiania — 

 Difficulties in Selecting Articles of Equipment — Comparison of 

 Sledging Conditions in the North and South Polar Regions — 

 Objects of the Sledge Traveller— Description of our Equipment 

 — The Sledge — The Tent — The Sleeping-bag — Sledging-food — 



