PREFACE 
IX 
and Mr. W. S. Bruce, of the Scotia, have generously 
allowed photographs taken by them to be reproduced. 
Captain Scott and Mr. Bruce have also been kind 
enough to read the proofs of the portions of Chapter XX 
dealing with their expeditions. There are many 
others to whom I am grateful for help, espe- 
cially my friends Mr. E. Heawood, Librarian of the 
Royal Geographical Society, whose patience I have too 
frequently called into lively exercise, and Mr. J. G. 
Bartholomew for his cooperation in the preparation of 
the maps; to Captain A. Mostyn Field, the liydrog- 
rapher to the Admiralty, who kindly aided me in settling 
several historical points, and to Mr. P. L. Davis, of the 
Nautical Almanac Office, for a copy of the valuable letter 
written by his father, the late Captain Davis, R. N., when 
on the Terror. 
This book does not profess or attempt to describe the 
Antarctic Regions or their peculiar conditions; it is 
merely the record of an uncompleted episode in the 
history of geographical exploration. 
H. R. M. 
62 Camden Square, 
London, N. W., 
15th July, 1905* 
