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Start of eBook	1
Full Page Plates	1
Map	3
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910	3
Officers	3
Scientific Staff	3
Men	3
Ship’s Party	4
GLOSSARY	4
NOTE.	5
SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION	5
CHAPTER I	5
The Final Preparations in New Zealand	5
The Voyage Out	7
CHAPTER II	19
A FRESH MS. BOOK. 1910-11.	37
Still in the Ice	37
Release after Twenty Days in the Pack	39
Summary of the Pack	40
CHAPTER III	43
The Landing: A Week’s Work	50
Notes on the Killer or Grampus (Orca gladiator)	53
CHAPTER IV	57
CHAPTER V	74
Spare Gear per Man	75
Dogs	76
CHAPTER VI	92
Summary of Marches Made on the Depot Journey	96
Bowers Incident	100
CHAPTER VII	102
A Sketch of the Life at Hut Point	114
Freezing of Bays. Cape Evans	117
CHAPTER VIII	118
FLOTSAM	123
CHAPTER IX	127
CHAPTER X	140
Electrical Instruments	142
Auroral Notes	145
CHAPTER XI	152
Shelters to Iceholes	157
CHAPTER XII	168
Coal Consumption	170
A FRESH MS. BOOK	170
Account of the Winter Journey	184
CHAPTER XIII	188
CHAPTER XIV	204
Notes at End of Volume	214
CHAPTER XV	214
The Start of the Motor Sledges	223
CHAPTER XVI	227
Four Days’ Delay	247
CHAPTER XVII	251
CHAPTER XVIII	261
A FRESH MS. BOOK	261
CHAPTER XIX	279
End of the Summit Journey	287
CHAPTER XX	292
TO MRS. E. A. WILSON	304
TO MRS. BOWERS	304
TO SIR J. M. BARRIE	304
TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR EDGAR SPEYER, BART.	305
MY DEAR SIR EDGAR,	305
TO VICE-ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS CHARLES BRIDGEMAN, K.C.V.O., K.C.B.	305
TO VICE-ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE LE CLEARC EGERTON. K.C.B.	306
TO MR. J.J. KINSEY—CHRISTCHURCH	306
MY DEAR KINSEY,	306
Message to the Public	307
APPENDIX	308
Sleeping-Bags Presented by Schools	321
Tents Presented by Schools	324
Marches	331
NOTES	331

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