CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME xiii 
CHAPTER XVII 
ON THE BEARDMORK GLACIER 
Pace 
Difficulties with Deep Snow — With Full Loads — After-effects 
of the Great Storm — A Fearful Struggle — Less Snow and 
Better Going — The Valley of the Beardmorc — Wilson Snow- 
blind — The Upper Glacier Basin — Return of the First Party 
— Upper Glacier Depot ....... 494 
CHAPTER XVIII 
THE SUMMIT JOURNEY TO THE POLE 
Pressures Under Mount Darwin — A Change for the Better — 
Lashly in a Crevasse — Fifteen Miles Not Enough ! — Bad 
Running of a Sledge — Lost Time Made Up — Comfort of 
Double Tent — Last Supporting Party Returns — Hard Work 
on the Summit — Accident to Evans — The Members of the 
Party — Mishap to a Watch — A Chill in the Air — A Critical 
Time — Forestalled — At the Pole . . . . . 514 
CHAPTER XIX 
THE RETURN FROM THE POLE 
A Hard Time on the Summit — First Signs of Weakening — 
Difficulty in Following Tracks — Getting Hungrier — Accidents 
Multiply — Accident to Scott — The Ice-fall — End of the 
Summit Journey — Happy Moments on Firm Land — In a 
Maze of Crevasses — Mid-Glacier Depot Reached — A Sick 
Comrade — Death of P.O. Evans ..... 547 
CHAPTER XX 
THE LAST MARCH 
Snow Like Desert Sand — A Gloomy Prospect — No Help from 
the Wind — The Grip of Cold — Three Blows of Misfortune 
— From Bad to Worse — A Sick Comrade — Oates' Case 
Hopeless — The Death of Oates — Scott Frostbitten — The 
Last Camp— Farewell Letters — The Last Message . . 574 
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