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Shackleton in the Antarctic: Being the story of the British Antarctic expedition, 1907-1909

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
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A first-person narrative of a British Antarctic expedition recounts the voyage south, the establishment of winter quarters, and the organization of depots, sledges, and equipment. It documents scientific work in meteorology, geology, and natural history alongside practical details of ship operations, hut life, and animal behavior. The account follows major field journeys, including an ascent of a volcanic peak, a motorized and man‑hauled march to a new farthest‑south latitude, and an over‑ice approach to the magnetic pole. Challenges such as crevasses, blizzards, and supply decisions are described, and the narrative closes with the return journey and notes on penguins and other observations.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Section Showing Interior of Nimrod 13
Seal Suckling Young and Taking no Notice of Motor-Car 17
Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra Inspecting the Equipment on the Nimrod at Cowes 21
The Towing Steamer Koonya as Seen from the Nimrod in a Heavy Sea. This Particular Wave Came Aboard the Nimrod and Did Considerable Damage 25
View of the Great Ice Barrier 29
Pushing Through Heavy Floes in the Ross Sea. The Dark Line on the Horizon is a "Water Sky" and Indicates the Existence of Open Sea 33
Flight of Antarctic Petrels 37
Nimrod Moored Off Tabular Bergs 41
Adelie Penguins at Cape Royds 45
The Nimrod Lying Off the Penguin Rookery, Cape Royds 49
The Ponies Transporting Coal on Sledges at Back Door Bay 53
Digging Out Stores After the Cases Had Been Buried in Ice During a Blizzard 57
Winter Quarters 61
The First Slopes of Erebus 65
Marston in His Bed 69
Plan of the Hut at Winter Quarters 73
A Group of the Shore Party at the Winter Quarters 77
Ice Flowers on Newly-Formed Sea Ice Early in the Winter 81
One Thousand Feet Below the Active Cone 85
The "Lion" of Erebus 89
The Crater of Erebus, 900 Feet Deep and Half a Mile wide. Steam is Seen Rising on the Left. The Photograph was Taken from the Lower Part of the Crater Edge 93
The Type Case and Printing Press for the Production of the "Aurora Australis" in Joyce's and Wild's Cubicle known as "The Rogues' Retreat" 99
Preparing a Sledge During the Winter 103
The Leader of the Expedition in Winter Garb 107
The Motor-Car in the Garage, Maize-Crusher on the Right 111
The Southern Party Marching into the White Unknown 115
Cape Barne and Inaccessible Island by Moonlight 119
New Land. The Party Ascended Mount Hope and Sighted the Great Glacier, up which They Marched Through the Gap. The Main Body of the Glacier Joins the Barrier Further to the Left 129
Lower Glacier Depot. The Stores Were Buried in the Snow Near the Rock in the Foreground 133
The Camp below "The Cloud Maker" 137
Facsimile of Page of Shackleton's Diary 141
The Farthest South Camp After Sixty Hours' Blizzard 145
Farthest South, January 9, 1909 149
The Camp Under the Granite Pillar, Half a Mile from the Lower Glacier Depot, Where the Party Camped on January 27 153
Shackleton Standing by the Broken Southern Sledge, Which was Replaced by Another at Grisi Depot 157
Return Journey of the Southern Party: At the Bluff Depot 161
The Southern Party on Board the Nimrod 165
The Nimrod Pushing Through Heavy Pack Ice On Her Way South 171
The Nimrod Held Up in the Ice 177
The Bluff Depot 181
The Motor Hauling Stores for a Depot 185
Loaded Sledge Showing the Distance Recorder or Sledge-meter 191
The Northern Party on the Plateau, New Year's Day 201
The Northern Party at the South Magnetic Pole 209
Ready to Start Home 217
A View of the Hut in Summer 227
Emperor Penguins 237
An Adelie Calling for a Mate after Commencing the Nest 243
Adelie Trying to Mother a Couple of Well-Grown Strangers 247
Penguins Listening to the Gramophone During the Summer 251