South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917

South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917  (1920)  by Ernest Henry Shackleton

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SOUTH

THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S
LAST EXPEDITION 1914-1917: BY
SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
C.V.O. : WITH EIGHTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS

 
NEW YORK  
MCMXX

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

TO
MY COMRADES
WHO FELL IN THE WHITE WARFARE
OF THE SOUTH AND ON THE
RED FIELDS OF FRANCE
AND FLANDERS

• Frontispiece
• Preface

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	INTO THE WEDDELL SEA	1
II.	NEW LAND	19
III.	WINTER MONTHS	38
IV.	LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE	63
V.	OCEAN CAMP	87
VI.	THE MARCH BETWEEN	103
VII.	PATIENCE CAMP	108
VIII.	ESCAPE FROM THE ICE	118
IX.	THE BOAT JOURNEY	158
X.	ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA	199
XI.	THE RESCUE	213
XII.	ELEPHANT ISLAND	225
XIII.	THE ROSS SEA PARTY	244
XIV.	WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND	266
XV.	LAYING THE DEPOTS	279
XVI.	THE AURORA'S DRIFT	309
XVII.	THE LAST RELIEF	340
XVIII.	THE FINAL PHASE	344
APPENDIX 1:
	SCIENTIFIC WORK	349
	SEA-ICE NOMENCLATURE	350
	METEOROLOGY	353
	PHYSICS	357
	SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALES AND WHALING	362
APPENDIX II:
	THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO SOUND	371
INDEX		375

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