Enthusiasm—Cold
Comfort—An Arctic Greeting—A Hasty Landing—Disorganised
Plans—Homeless Dogs—Making Fresh Plans—The Leader
Frost-bitten—The Start for the Pole—Driven Back by Cold—A
Second Start—First Detachment Lost—Anxiety for the Second—A
Struggle for Life—Third Detachment Overdue—Fears of
Disaster—Safe at Last—Italy sets the Record

265   CHAPTER XIII THE ANTARCTIC REGION The Mystery of the South Pole—Ignored by Early Navigators—An
Accidental Dutch Discovery—Captain Cook Sets Sail—Discouraged
by the Ice—Turns back in Despair—A Second Accidental
Discovery—Weddell breaks the Barrier—Antarctic Land
revealed—British resume the Search 283   CHAPTER XIV VOYAGES OF THE EREBUS AND TERROR A Fortunate Choice—Characteristic Southern Bergs—First Sight of
the Continent—More British Territory—A Mighty Volcanic
Display—Nearing the Magnetic Pole—The Antarctic Barrier—A
Myth dispelled—A Second Attempt—Held by the Ice—Third
and Last Voyage—A Double Discovery 294   CHAPTER XV THE SOUTHERN CROSS EXPEDITION British continue the Work—Carrier Pigeons in the Ice—Withstanding
a Nip—A Sea-quake—Cape Adare Station—A Cosy Camp—Edible
Fish—Death visits the Camp—Penguin Peculiarities—A
Derelict Blue-bottle—The Welcome Postman—A Thrilling Episode 305   CHAPTER XVI THE REVIVAL OF ANTARCTIC INTEREST Modern Means and Methods—Private Enterprise leads—The
Valdavia—The Belgica Expedition—International Action adopted—The
German Expedition—An Ice-bound Land—Fresh Trade-Winds 318   CHAPTER XVII THE SWEDISH EXPEDITION Sails in the Antarctica—Argentine Co-operation—First Antarctic
Fossil—Building the Winter Station—A Breezy Corner—Electric
Snow—A Spare Diet—New Year Festivities—The Missing
Ship—Relief that never Came—A Devastating Nip—Castaway—The
Unexpected Happens—A Dramatic Meeting—Rescued 323   CHAPTER XVIII BRITAIN HOLDS HER OWN A Capable Crew—A Modern Franklin—Early Discoveries—Frozen
in—An Historic Journey—The Record of "Farthest South"—How
the Record was Won—Speedy Travelling—Receding Ice
Limits—A Dying Glacier—The Secret of the Barrier—A Fatal
Gale—Lost in the Snow—An Antarctic Chute—Prolonged
Slumber—Antarctic Coal—Home with Honour 339

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List of Illustrations

The Stella Polare Nipped in the Ice	Frontispiece
W. E. Parry's Attempt to Reach the Pole	Facing page    28
An Immense Iceberg	" " 48
An Addition to the Explorers' Supply of Provisions	" " 78
Shooting Musk Ox in the Arctic Regions	" "   116
Group of Smith Sound Eskimo	" "   152
Two North Greenland Hunters	" "   160
Map of the Arctic Regions Showing Route of Nansen and the Fram	" "   172
The Fram in the Ice	" "   184
Nansen and Johansen Start on their Dash for the Pole	" "   198
The Meeting of Jackson and Nansen	"