TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Position and Limits i 



II. History of Discovery 6 



Opinions of the Ancient and Mediaeval World respect- 

 ing the Far South. Amerigo Vespucci 6 



The New Terra Australis and the Proof of its Non- 

 existence 15 



From Cook to Balleny 46 



Dumont D'Urville ; Wilkes; Ross 67 



Voyages after Ross to the Present Time 117 



III. Conformation of the Surface and Geological 



Structure 132 



1. The Bouvet Islands 136 



2. The Island of South Georgia 139 



3. The South Sandwich Islands 149 



4. The South Orkney Islands 152 



5. The South Shetland Islands 155 



6. The Dirk Gerritz Archipelago 170 



7. Graham's Land and Alexander Land 186 



8. Victoria Land 194 



9. The Balleny Isles 208 



10. Wilkes Land 210 



n. Enderby Land and the Neighbouring Districts 223 



IV. Climate 228 



V. The Ice 246 



VI. Fauna and Flora 266 



VII. The Future of Antarctic Discovery 274 



VIII. List of Important Books, Articles and Maps 283 



IX. Index 287 



