Through the First Antarctic Night

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	Introduction	vii
CHAPTER
I	In and about Rio de Janeiro	3
II	From Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo	16
III	Organisation of the Expedition	39
IV	The Belgica, her Equipment, her Comforts and Discomforts	50
V	Montevideo to Punta Arenas	59
VI	Punta Arenas, the Southernmost Town	82
VII	From Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, Through the Fuegian Channels	92
VIII	A Race of Fuegian Giants	98
IX	Discoveries in a New World of Ice	119
X	Discoveries in a New World of Ice (continued)	135
XI	From Dancoland to Alexander Islands	150
XII	Across the Antarctic Circle—First Efforts to Penetrate the Pack	161
XIII	Along the Edge of the Pack-Ice	174
XIV	Over Unknown Waters into the Frozen Sea	193
XV	Helpless in a Hopeless Sea of Ice	208
XVI	Bird’s-Eye View of the Pack—Autumnal Tempests	216
XVII	The Fading Days of the Autumn	227
XVIII	The Autumn (continued). Work and Pastime	241
XIX	The Fading Days of the Autumn (continued)	253
XX	The Days of Twilight Preceding the Long Night	267
XXI	The South Polar Night—Departure of the Sun	281
XXII	The South Polar Night (continued). Days of Discontentment	295
XXIII	The South Polar Night (continued). The Death of Danco	308
XXIV	The South Polar Night (continued). Midnight to Dawn	323
XXV	Spring—Sunrise—Twilight of Dawn	339
XXVI	The Spring (continued). Return of Light—A Sledge Journey	350
XXVII	Summer	365
XXVIII	Summer (continued)	378
XXIX	Freed from the Ice-Embraces—Return to Civilisation	390
APPENDIX
I	General Results of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition	409
	Geography and Geology
	Astronomy and Magnetism
	Meteorology
	Ice
	Oceanography
	Zoölogy and Botany
II	The Antarctic Climate	425
III	The Bathymetrical Conditions of the Antarctic Regions	436
IV	Nautical Positions and Magnetic Deductions	444
V	The Navigation of the Antarctic Ice-Pack	448
VI	The Possibilities of Antarctic Exploration	453

OFFICIAL MAP

OF THE

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Charted by Captain George Lecointe

SECOND IN COMMAND.

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