Journals : Captain Scott's last expedition / Robert Falcon Scott ; edited with an introduction and notes by Max Jones
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- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
- lx, 529 p. : ill., maps ; 21cm.
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- 0192803336
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"In January 1912 Captain Scott reached the South Pole, to find he had been beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. Scott and his companions faced an 850-mile march to safety. All perished on the return. A few months later, a search party found Scott's body and the journals that told his tragic story." "Scott's own account was published in 1913. Danger grips the reader from the first chapter, as the Terra Nova struggles to force a path through the pack ice. The journey to an unknown land becomes a journey into the self, as Scott's mood oscillates between hope and despair. And, in his last entries, Scott gives voice to the heroic fantasies of his generation, the generation that would fight and die in the Great War."
"This new edition draws on ninety years of reflection on the Antarctic disaster to illuminate Scott's journals, publishing for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text. Drawing on papers from the John Murray archive which have never been used before, editor Max Jones tells the story of this book and charts the changing fortunes of Scott's reputation."--BOOK JACKET.
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- List of Illustrations xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Introduction xvii
- Composition and Publication History xliii
- Select Bibliography l
- A Chronology of Robert Falcon Scott lv
- SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION
- Preface, by Clements R. Markham 3
- British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 5
- chapter i
- through stormy seas
- General Stowage—A Last Scene in New Zealand—Departure—On Deck with the Dogs—The Storm—The Engine-room Flooded—Clearing the Pumps—Cape Crozier as a Station—Birds of the South—A Pony's Memory—Tabular Bergs—An Incomparable Scene—Formation of the Pack—Movements of the Floes 9
- chapter ii
- in the pack
- A Reported Island—Incessant Changes—The Imprisoning Ice—Ski-ing and Sledging on the Floes—Movement of Bergs—Opening of the Pack—A Damaged Rudder—To Stop or not to Stop—Nicknames—Ski Exercise—Penguins and Music—Composite Floes—Banked Fires—Christmas in the Ice—The Penguins and the Skua—Ice Movements—State of the Ice-house—Still in the Ice—Life in the Pack—Escape from the Pack—A Calm—The Pack far to the North—Science in the Ice 28
- chapter iii
- land
- Land at Last—Reach Cape Crozier—Cliffs of Cape Crozier—Landing Impossible—Penguins and Killers—Cape Evans as Winter Station—The Ponies Landed—Penguins' Fatuous Conduct—Adventure with Killer Whales—Habits of the Killer Whale—Landing Stores—The Skuas Nesting—Ponies and their Ways—Dangers of the Rotting Ice 61
- chapter iv
- settling in
- Loss of a Motor—A Dog Dies—Result of Six Days' Work—Restive Ponies—An Ice Cave—Loading Ballast—Pony Prospects—First Trip to Hut Point—Return: Prospects of Sea Ice—A Secure Berth—The Hut—Home Fittings and Autumn Plans—The Pianola—Seal Rissoles—The Ship Stranded—Ice begins to go 81
- chapter v
- depôt laying to one ton camp
- Dogs and Ponies at Work—Stores for Depôts—Old Stores at Discovery Hut—To Encourage the Pony—Depôt Plans—Pony Snow-shoes—Impressions on the March—Further Impressions—Sledging Necessities and Luxuries—A Better Surface—Chaos Without; Comfort. Within—After the Blizzard—Marching Routine—The Weakest Ponies Return—Bowers and Cherry-Garrard—Snow Crusts and Blizzards—A Resented Frost-bite—One Ton Camp. 103
- chapter vi
- adventure and peril
- Dogs' and Ponies' Ways—The Dogs in a Crevasse—Rescue Work—Chances of a Snow Bridge—The Dog Rations—A Startling Mail—Cross the Other Party—The End of `Weary Willy'—The Ice Breaks—The Ponies on the Floe—Safely Back 128
- chapter vii
- at discovery hut
- Fitting up the Old Hut—A Possible Land Route—The Geological Party Arrives—Clothing—Exceptional Gales—Geology at Hut Point—An Ice Foot Exposed—Stabling at Hut Point—Waiting for the Ice—A Clear Day—Pancake Ice—Life at Hut Point—From Hut Point to Cape Evans—A Blizzard on the Sea Ice—Dates of the Sea Freezing 143
- chapter viii
- home impressions and an excursion
- Baseless Fears about the Hut—The Death of `Hackenschmidt'—The Dark Room—The Biologists' Cubicle—An Artificer Cook—A Satisfactory Organisation—Up an Ice Face—An Icy Run—On Getting Hot 164
- chapter ix
- 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 Hunt Point Party—Personal Harmony 176
- chapter x
- 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 194
- chapter xi
- 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 210
- chapter xii
- 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 234
- chapter xiii
- the return of the sun
- The Indomitable Bowers—A Theory of Blizzards—Ponies' Tricks—On Horse Management—The Two Esquimaux Dogs—Balloon Records—On Scurvy—From Tent Island—On India—Storms and Acclimatisation—On Physiography—Another Lost Dog Returns—The Débris Cones—On Chinese Adventures—Inverted Temperature 261
- chapter xiv
- preparations: the spring journey
- On Polar Clothing—Prospects of the Motor Sledges—South Polar Times, II—The Spring Western Journey—The Broken Glacier Tongue—Marching Against a Blizzard—The Value of Experience—General Activity—Final Instructions 282
- chapter xv
- the last weeks at cape evans
- Clissold's Accident—Various Invalids—Christopher's Capers—A Motor Mishap—Dog Sickness—Some Personal Sketches—A Pony Accident—A Football Knee—Value of the Motors—The Balance of Heat and Cold—The First Motor on the Barrier—Last Days at Cape Evans 295
- chapter xvi
- southern journey: the barrier stage
- Midnight Lunches—A Motor Breaks Down—The Second Motor Fails—Curious Features of the Blizzard—Ponies Suffer in a Blizzard—Ponies Go Well—A Head Wind—Bad Conditions Continue—At One Ton Camp—Winter Minimum Temperature—Daily Rest in the Sun—Steady Plodding—The First Pony Shot—A Trying March—The Second Pony Shot—Dogs, Ponies, and Driving—The Southern Mountains Appear—The Third Blizzard—A Fourth Blizzard—The Fifth and Long Blizzard—Patience and Resolution—Still Held Up—The End of the Barrier Journey 312
- chapter xvii
- on the beardmore glacier
- Difficulties with Deep Snow—With Full Loads—After-effects of the Great Storm—A Fearful Struggle—Less Snow and Better Going—The Valley of the Beardmore—Wilson Snow-blind—The Upper Glacier Basin—Return of the First Party—Upper Glacier Depôt 343
- chapter xviii
- the summit journey to the pole
- Pressures Under Mount Darwin—A Change for the Better—Running of a Sledge—Lost Time Made Up—Comfort of Double Tent—Last Supporting Party Returns—Hard Work on the Summit—Accident to Evans—The Members of the Party—Mishap to a Watch—A Chill in the Air—A Critical Time—Forestalled—At the Pole 356
- chapter xix
- the return from the pole
- A Hard Time on the Summit—First Signs of Weakening—Difficulty in Following Tracks—Getting Hungrier—Accidents Multiply—Accident to Scott—The Ice-fall—End of the Summit Journey—Happy Moments on Firm Land—In a Maze of Crevasses—Mid-Glacier Depôt Reached—A Sick Comrade—Death of P.O. Evans 380
- chapter xx
- the last march
- Snow Like Desert Sand—A Gloomy Prospect—No Help from the Wind—The Grip of Cold—Three Blows of Misfortune—From Bad to Worse—A Sick Comrade—Oates' Case Hopeless—The Death of Oates—Scott Frostbitten—The Last Camp—Farewell Letters—The Last Message 399
- Appendix 423
- Editor's Appendix I: `Biographical Introduction' by J. M. Barrie 446
- Editor's Appendix II: `The Finding of the Dead', by E. L. Atkinson 453
- Editor's Appendix III: Significant Changes to Scott's Original Base and Sledging Journals 457
- Explanatory Notes 472
- Glossary of Names 506
- Index 517.
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