Contents of Volume £>ne 



CHAPTER I 



THE INCEPTION AND PREPARATION OF THE EXPEDI- 

 TION 1 



CHAPTER II 



THE STAFF 26 



CHAPTER III 



THE FIRST STAGE 33 



CHAPTER IV 



LYTTELTON TO THE ANTARCTIC CIRCLE 38 



CHAPTER V 



THE ATTEMPT TO REACH KING EDWARD VII LAND 67 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SELECTION OF THE WINTER QUARTERS 81 



CHAPTER VII 



THE LANDING OF STORES AND EQUIPMENT 98 



CHAPTER VIII 



A BLIZZARD; THE DEPARTURE OF THE "NIMROD" 120 



CHAPTER IX 



AROUND THE WINTER QUARTERS: COMPLETION OF 

 THE HUT 130 



CHAPTER X 



FIRST DAYS IN WINTER QUARTERS. . . . * 138 



CHAPTER XI 



SLEDGING EQUIPMENT: PONIES AND DOGS 148 



CHAPTER XII 



THE CONQUEST OF MOUNT EREBUS 167 



CHAPTER XIII 



RESULTS OF THE EREBUS JOURNEY. 191 



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