The Great White South

by Ponting, Herbert George; Scott, Lady; Huntford, Roland; Huntford, Roland

• ISBN13: 9780815411611
• ISBN10: 0815411618
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub

Summary

Ponting happily agreed to document Scott's upcoming South Pole expedition, which turned out to be Scott's final trek.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Roland Huntford
Preface	xiii
Foreword	xv
Lady Scott
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910--13	xxi
The Expedition Leaves England	1	(8)
Meeting with Captain Scott
Disappointed enthusiasts
My future shipmates
Meares leaves for Siberia
Preparing for the South
Departure from London
The Terra Nova at New Zealand
New Zealand hospitality
Sir John Kinsey
Into the `Fifties'	9	(10)
Departure from Port Lyttelton
The picturesque Terra Nova
The Expedition leaves New Zealand
Our crowded deck
The dogs and ponies
The ship's dark-room
Seabirds
' Uncle Bill '
An anecdote
Mr. Cheetham, the Bo'sun
' In for dirty weather '
The Terra Nova in a gale
The dark-room flooded
The port bulwarks carried away
The pump choked
The engine-room swamped
Efficiency of Lashly and Williams
Evans clears the pump
Superb seamanship
A close call
The `Terra Nova' Enters the Pack-Ice	19	(12)
Into lonely seas
Valuable scientific work
The ward-room
The cabins
Life below deck
' Show a leg, gentlemen I '
Not a musical party
About chanties
Songs the sailors sang
Captain Scott outlines his plans to me
Vocabulary of the forecastle
A quick-witted Petty Officer
Dr. Wilson snares sea-birds
Lagynorynchus obscurus
We feel the breath of frozen seas
The first iceberg
A magnificent spectacle
The Terra Nova enters the `Pack'
Hard luck to meet the ice so early
A never-to-be-forgotten scene
Battling with the Ice--Floes	31	(13)
We cross the Antarctic Circle
' Conning' the ship from the `crow's-nest'
The Terra Nova's massive build
Ramming the ice-floes
Watering the ship
Mr. Cheetham's record
A cheery Bo'sun
The exquisite Snow petrels
The first seals
The first penguins
The penguins and the potato
Icebound again
The ship imprisoned in the ice
Ski exercise on the ice-floes
The dogs have a run
A whale in the Pack
A knowing `Emperor '
Immense bergs in the offing
A berg like an island
Kinematographing in the Pack
An ominous-looking place
A weathered iceberg
Iceberg discussions
The most wonderful of all Christmas Eves
Christmas in the Pack
The Great Ice Barrier	44	(12)
Interesting operation aboard
Manning the pumps
Lieutenant Rennick
Taking soundings
Globigerena ooze
Our biologists
The biologists' microscope
Diatoms and minute organic life
The Current Meter
Lieutenant Pennell
Bowers' stoical ordeal
Anomalous weather conditions
The floes well broken ahead
A wonderful ice-garden
The last of the pack-ice
Open water in the Ross Sea
The new year in the Ross Sea
' Ice-blink' on the Great Ice Barrier
Ross Island and Mt. Terror
The Great Ice Barrier
Authorities differ as to whether the Barrier is aground or afloat
The birth-place of the icebergs
Impossible to land
The ship's course laid for McMurdo Sound
We Land on Ross Island	56	(7)
A wonderful penguin colony
Orca gladiator
First view of Mt. Erebus
The brilliance of the midnight sun
We sight the Shackleton hut
Mt. Erebus
The Royal Society Range
Mt. Lister
Captain Scott decides to winter at Cape Evans
Unloading the ship
The penguins and the dogs
Some Photographing Episodes	63	(9)
The weather favours us
An adventure with Killer whales
I lose my favourite lens
The midnight sun
A wonderful grotto
Beautiful colouring of the grotto
Wright has a narrow escape
Treacherous ice
A dismaying experience
The Killer again
A searchlight into the depths
We Complete our Winter Quarters	72	(10)
The Terra Nova at the icefoot
First visit ashore
Scott's right-hand men
Rapid building of the Hut
A fresh-water cascade
Skua Lake
Seals frequent the Cape
Method of killing a seal
Fun with the penguins
A ski-ing feat
Gran's mishap
The ice deteriorating
We lose one of the motors
Warmth of the sun
The invigorating climate
The fine weather breaks
Mt. Erebus shows signs of activity
Capt. Scott visits Hut Point
The first cold snap
The Terra Nova runs on to a rock
Capt. Scott and I visit an ice cornice
The sea-ice goes out
Exploring Operations Commence	82	(11)
Glacier tongue
One of the ponies breaks through the ice
The Southern Party away
Lillie's remarkable trawl catches
Concerning whales
Killer whales
The great Rorquals
How whales spout
Distance sounds can be heard
A whale blows alongside the ship
A shapely creature
A whale `breaching'
A sportive whale
The Western Geological Party landed
Meeting with the Norwegians
Two ponies have to swim ashore
The ship returns to New Zealand
The Barne Glacier and Cape Royds	93	(9)
Staking the Glacier
A volcanic pillar
A maze of crevasses
About crevasses
Measuring the flow of the glacier
Sir Ernest Shackleton's hut
The penguinry deserted
Features of Cape Royds
An interesting locality
An octopus
A remarkable spectacle
Return to Cape Evans
The Freezing of the Sea	102	(12)
Ice `effects' after the gale
Features of our cape
Conical mounds
Ponds
Seals bask on the Cape
Wind Vane Hill and the meteorological instruments
Break up of Glacier Tongue
The Delbridge Islands
The freezing of the sea
`Frost smoke'
How the ice forms
Ice furrows
Some icebergs stranded
The Southern Party seen at Hut Point
Return of the Southern Party
Remarkable adventures
Caught in a blizzard
A memorable evening
A miraculous escape
Disaster to the ponies
A tragedy narrowly averted
All are pleased with the Hut
Farewell to the Sun	114	(9)
Mt. Erebus
A marvellously beautiful sight
The steam cloud from the crater
Testing the air-currents
Dr. Simpson's balloons
The magnetograph
Our meteorological instruments
Telephonic communication
Sunset colouring
Dr. Wilson's method of sketching
A picturesque iceberg
A meditative Emperor
The sun deserts us
Beautiful earth shadows
A cavern in a glacier
Nelson's biological researches
The fish-trap
Flashlighting fishing operations
The Polar Winter	123	(22)
The Hut now full
Description of the Hut
My dark-room
Dr. Atkinson's laboratory
`Simpson's Corner'
The `blizzometer'
Temperature of the Hut
Dr. Wilson's winter work
The `Tenements'
Good-natured banter
The `player' piano
The gramophone
An ingenious cook
Our commissariat
Life in the Hut
The Night Watch
About Aurora
Failure to secure satisfactory Aurora photographs
Meteorological stations
The Arch Berg Collapses
Flashlighting an iceberg
An anecdote of Capt. Scott
A lecture seasons inaugurated
Winter entertainment
The South Polar Times
'The Sleeping-bag'
Midwinter dinner
A Christmas-tree and snapdragon
A wonderful Aurora display
A gorgeous spectacle
The Return of the Sun	145	(15)
Departure of the Cape Crozier Party
Dr. Atkinson lost
His hand frost-bitten
A terrific storm
The glory of the Polar night
The majesty of silence
A wonderful echo
Inactivity produces sleeplessness
Piercing a hole in the ice
Monotony of developing films
Twilight again
Effect of approaching daylight
Wright's hardihood
Return of the Cape Crozier Party
An heroic adventure
Emperor penguins' eggs
Winter discussions
Discussion on Travel
Good-natured banter
A good Polar story
Capt. Scott and I watch the sun return
The birth of Spring
The Early Spring	160	(1)
Outstanding personalities
Dr. Wilson
Lieut. Bowers
Capt. Oates
Petty Officer Evans
The staunchest tie that bound the Expedition
A kindly Leader
Captain Scott's environment
A lovable trait of his character
Scott, a man of moods
Intimate talks with Capt. Scott
Scott decides to take up photography
My other photographic pupils
Photographing difficulties
Care necessary when photographing
An unpleasant predicament
A wonderful iceberg
The palace of Jack Frost
Clissold falls off an iceberg
A dreadful dilemma
A rescue party arrives
Clissold's narrow escape
The Start for the Pole	160	(30)
Scott's reliance on Bowers
Preparations for the great journey
Hoosh
About our dogs
Method of driving
Julick's adventure
Dog characteristics
Capt. Oates, a born horseman
A football mishap
The final overhaul of the motors
Another mishap
Resource of Day and Lashly
Capt. Scott's final instructions
Uncle Bill's request
Meares and I leave for Hut Point
An inspiring sight
The Vince Cross
The ponies reach Hut Point
My farewell to Scott and Wilson
Into the Great Alone
The Polar Summer	190	(10)
Anton and I return from Hut Point
A strenuous day
A realistic dream
Frequent disappointment on account of bad weather
Glorious skyscapes
The warmth of the sun
The joys of summer
The beauty of the icebergs
Happy camera days
A surprise for the cook
A matchless panorama
A remarkable telephotograph
Concerning Seals	200	(17)
No land animals in the Antarctic
The Sea-leopard
The Weddell seal
Colouring
No fear when on ice
Seal characteristics
Thickness of blubber
Breathing holes in the ice
Through an ice window
Method catching fish
Method of cutting the ice
Valuable kinematograph records
The calving season
Affection for young
Sense of scent
The first plunge
Seals seen fighting
An extraordinary predicament
Vocal propensities
An unexpected attack
Bitten by a seal
A thrilling drama
The Australian reporter
The Buccaneers of the South	217	(10)
Giant petrels
Rapacity of the skua-gull
Fondness for fresh water
Appearances deceptive
Nesting habits
Habit of striking intruders
Disgusting habits
Truculent scamps
A blow in the eye
Thieving propensities
The skua suspected of eating its young
The chicks
Inherited instincts
Regurgitating
Craftiness of the skua
Ugly fledglings
The skuas leave us
The Real Inhabitants	227	(34)
Varieties of penguins
Valuable results of Cape Crozier Expedition
The Emperor penguin
A courtly creature
A comical experience
The adelie penguin
Lovable little people
Roving tendencies
Adelie characteristics
Comedians of the South
The first interview
The Adelie will stand no nonsense
Looking backwards
An anecdote
Penguins love fun
The nesting-season
Ecstatics
A penguin Lochinvar
The `glad eye'
Seeking a mate
A bully vanquished
Friendly advances
Building the nest
Inveterate thieves
Habit of stealing stones
Brawling hens
Period of incubation
Airing the eggs
An inveterate enemy
Some remarkable films
Flooded out
Habits explicable and otherwise
A blizzard breaks
The penguinry snowed up
Nesting under dismaying conditions
Snow-bound for ten days
The chicks hatched
Bustling activity
Method of feeding chicks
Penguin organisation
How the youngsters are provided for
Shedding their down
The chicks take to the sea
In the moult
The penguins leave on the approach of winter
The Return of the `Terra Nova'	261	(8)
The ship sighted
A wonderful mirage
The ship moors to the ice
News from home
The Western Party
The Northern Party
The Northern Party marooned
Fruitless endeavours to reach them
Magnificent leadership and resource
Homeward bound
Fighting with mountainous seas
Sperm whales sighted
Arrival at New Zealand
We hear of Amundsen's success
The South Pole	269	(25)
Experiences of the Motor Party
Failure of the motors
Night-marches
The first pony shot
Shambles Camp
The dog-teams return
The Beardmore Glacier
The Supporting Parties return
Lieut. Evans disables with scurvy
Gallantry of Crean and Lashly
Evans' life saved
The Leader's tributes to his comrades
Fore-stalled
At the Pole
Scott's devotion to purpose
The footfalls of Death
Anxiety regarding P.O. Evans
Snow-blindness
The Leader's bad fall
Dr. wilson's devotion to science
A desperate situation
Serious condition of P.O. Evans
Death of Petty Officer Evans
The survivors reach Shambles Camp
Intense cold and bad surfaces
A very tight place
Dr. Wilson's devotion
Bravery of Captain Oates
Captain Oates' Farewell
Self-sacrifice sublime
Within eleven miles of food
The fateful blizzard
`The end cannot be far l'
The Search Party
Discovery of the bodies of Capt. Scott, Dr. Wilson, and Lieut. Bowers
The Leader's last message `Had we lived
A noble epitaph
The End of the Expedition	294	(6)
Epilogue	300	(6)
In Memoriam	306