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Into the Frozen South

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By J. W. S. Marr
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A young volunteer recounts his selection to join a famed polar leader's final expedition and the voyage that follows, blending shipboard life, camaraderie, and practical duties with vivid accounts of ports of call and wildlife. The narrative tracks the voyage through temperate stops, stormy seas, and increasing pack ice, describes the leader's death and the assumption of command by a deputy, and chronicles the ship's struggle among ice, landfalls on remote islands, and eventual return. Interwoven are impressions of Antarctic landscapes, shipboard routines, aerial and scientific observations, and the resilience and resourcefulness of crew facing harsh polar conditions.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Raising the Union Jack given by King George V to the Quest (Scout Marr is hoisting the left Signal Halyard) Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Sir Ernest Shackleton and Mr. John Quiller Rowett 4
The Quest’s Goodly Company of Adventurers 5
On the Way: The Quest in the Trades 58
The Ship’s Pets:
Query, the wolfhound 59
Questie, the cat, on Marr’s Shoulder 59
South Georgian Whaling Station: At Work on Blue Whales 94
Some Finny Spoil from St. Paul’s Rocks 94
Launching the Kite for Aerial Observation 94
Sir Ernest’s Cabin on the Quest 94
Penguins at Home 94
Dead Whales in Prince Olaf Harbour 94
View from above a South Georgia Glacier 94
Cape Pigeons at South Georgia 95
Gentoo Penguins 95
The Quest Narrowly Escapes an Iceberg 120
The Midnight Sun in the Land of Ice 120
Finding the Magnetic Dip: Jeffrey and Douglas at Work 121
Taking the First Sounding in the Frozen South 121
The Quest is Frozen In 140
Forging Ahead through Loose Pack Ice 141
In the Antarctic: The Quest a Mass of Frozen Spray 141
The Wake of Loose Ice as seen from the Crow’s Nest 182
A Close-up View of the Pack 182
Entering the Pack 183
Collecting Ice for Replenishing the Water Tanks 183
Scout Marr presents Sir Robert Baden-Powell’s Flag to the Tristan da Cunha Troop 204
We go in Search of Fresh Food 205
The Quest off Inaccessible Island 205