Antarctic Odyssey : In the Footsteps of the South Polar Explorers Book

Acknowledgements	vi
List of Illustrations and Maps	ix
THE ANCIENT MARINER	xi
PART ONE: WEST ANTARCTICA
1 POINTS OF DEPARTURE Punta Arenas, Cape Horn and the
Convergence in the wake of Magellan and Francis Drake	3
2 MAROONED Deception, Elephant and Shackleton's race
for survival	17
3 THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE FEARSOME From the Antarctic
Peninsula to Peter I Island	35
4 LITTLE ICE, BIG ICE The Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Island,
and Shackleton's dash for the Pole	56
5 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION	75
6 THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD With Campbell and Mawson
south and west of Cape Adare	90
PART TWO: EAST ANTARCTICA
7 SUBANTARCTIC SURVIVORS The tough birds and beasts of
Crozet and Kerguelen	111
8 THE FAR SIDE Icebreaking with the Adélics	140
9 THE MONOLITHS AND THE EMPERORS OF EAST ANTARCTICA	155
THE CALL OF THE LITTLE VOICES	181
Appendix A: Biographical Notes	183
Appendix B: Further Reading	189
Index	191