Utet of SJUttjStratfottjs of Volume flDne 



Portrait of E. H. Shackleton (Beresford* London) Frontispiece 



COLOURED PLATES 



The Autumn Sunset 46 



A Quiet Evening on the Barrier 78 



"The Dreadnought" 94 



The "Nimrod" returns 122 



The "Aurora Australis" 212 



Full Moon in the Winter 240 



PLATES 



Portraits- Shackleton, Adams, Wild, Marshall, Mawson, Murray, Army- 

 tage, Priestley, Joyce, David ; Marston, Mackintosh, Roberts, Brock- 

 lehurst, Day, Mackay 



Their Majesties the King and Queen inspecting the Equipment on 

 the "Nimrod" at Cowes 



The Manchurian Ponies on Quail Island, Port Ltttelton, before 



the Expedition left for the Antarctic 34 



Training the Ponies on Quail Island, Port Ltttelton 84 



A Photograph taken from the "Nimrod" as the Expedition was 



leaving Ltttelton. Over 30,000 People watched the departure 42 



The "Nimrod" passing H. M. S. "Powerful," Flagship of the Aus- 

 tralasian Squadron, in Ltttelton Harbour 42 



The Towing Steamer "Koonya," as seen from the "Nimrod," in a 

 Heavy Sea. This particular Wave came aboard the Nimrod" 

 and did considerable damage 52 



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