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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
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THE WORK AND THE WORKERS
Balloons—Occupations—Many Talents—The Young Ice goes out—Football: Inverted Temperatures—Of Rainbows—Football: New Ice—Individual Scientific Work—Individuals at Work—Thermometers on the Floe—Floe Temperatures—A Bacterium in the Snow—Return of the Hut Point Party—Personal Harmony |
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IN WINTER QUARTERS: MODERN STYLE
On Penguins—The Electrical Instruments—On Horse Management—On Ice Problems—The Aurora—The Nimrod Hut—Continued Winds—Modern Interests—The Sense of Cold—On the Floes—A Tribute to Wilson |
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TO MIDWINTER DAY
Ventilation—On the Meteorological Instruments—Magnesium Flashlight—On the Beardmore Glacier—Lively Discussions—Action of Sea Water on Ice—A Theory of Blizzards—On Arctic Surveying—Ice Structure—Ocean Life—On Volcanoes—Daily Routine—On Motor Sledging—Crozier Party's Experiments—Midwinter Day Dinner—A Christmas Tree—An Ethereal Glory |
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AWAITING THE CROZIER PARTY
Threats of a Blizzard—Start of the Crozier Party—Strange Winds—A Current Vane—Pendulum Observations—Lost on the Floe—The Wanderer Returns—Pony Parasites—A Great Gale—The Ways of Storekeepers—A Sick Pony—A Sudden Recovery—Effects of Lack of Light—Winds of Hurricane Force—Unexpected Ice Conditions—Telephones at Work—The Cold on the Winter Journey—Shelterless in a Blizzard—A Most Gallant Story—Winter Clothing Nearly Perfect |
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