LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The four Ponies out fob exercise on the Sea Ice 156 



Interior of the Stable. Frost can be seen on the Bolts in the Roof 156 



Day with the Motor-car on the Sea Ice 164 



Special Motor Wheels: the original form on the left, an altered 



FORM ON THE RIGHT. ORDINARY WHEELS WITH RUBBER TYRES 



were found to be the most satisfactory 164 



The Start of a Blizzard at the Winter Quarters, the fuzzy appear- 

 ance BEING DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. . . 164 



The Last of the Penguins just before their Migration in March. 



The Ice is drifting Northwards 164 



Weddell Seals on the Floe Ice 168 



Skua Gulls feeding near the Hut 168 



Mount Erebus as seen from the Winter Quarters, the Old Crater 



on the left, and the active cone rising on the right 168 



The Party which Ascended Mount Erebus leaving the Hut 172 



The First Slopes of Erebus 172 



The Party portaging the Sledge over a Patch of Bare Rock 172 



The Camp 7000 feet up Mount Erebus. The Steam from the active 



Crater can be seen 176 



Brocklehurst looking down from a point 9000 feet up Mount Ere- 

 bus. The Clouds lie below, and Cape Royds can be seen 176 



The Old Crater of Erebus, with an older Crater in the Back- 

 ground. Altitude 11,000 feet. The Active Cone is higher still 180 



a remarkable fumarole in the old crater, in the form of a couch- 

 ant Lion. The Men (from the left) are: Mackay, David, 

 Adams, Marshall 180 



One Thousand Feet below the Active Cone 184 



The Crater of Erebus, 900 feet deep and half a mile wide. Steam 

 is seen rising on the left. the photograph was taken from 

 the lower part of the crater edge 184 



Another View of the Crater of Erebus 188 



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