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| Preface | vii |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Ch. 1—In Search of a Southern Continent: Efforts Prior to 1819 | 9 |
| Ch. 2—The Continent Found: 1819-1821 | 27 |
| Ch. 3—The Sealers' Age of Discovery: 1821-1839 | 41 |
| Ch. 4—Three Great National Expeditions: 1837-1843 | 57 |
| Ch. 5—Quiet Decades in the South; the New Hunters: 1844-1896 | 72 |
| Ch. 6—De Gerlache and the First Antarctic Night: 1897-1899 | 84 |
| Ch. 7—Nordenskjöld's Saga of Survival: 1901-1903 | 99 |
| Ch. 8—Bruce and the Scotia, Bagpipes in the South: 1902-1904 | 116 |
| Ch. 9—Charcot and the Français Explore the Antarctic Peninsula: 1903-1905 | 127 |
| Ch. 10—Whalers and Politics: 1904-1918 | 139 |
| Ch. 11—Charcot's Return with the Pourquoi-Pas?: 1908-1910 | 151 |
| Ch. 12—Filchner's Battles in the Weddell Sea: 1911-1912 | 164 |
| Ch. 13—Endurance, Shackleton's Triumphant Failure: 1914-1916 | 177 |
| Ch. 14—The Decade Following World War I: 1919-1927 | 198 |
| Ch. 15—The First Aviators Arrive: 1928-1936 | 213 |
| Ch. 16—The Wintering Explorers Return: 1934-1941 | 231 |
| Ch. 17—World War II, New Bases, and Political Conflict: 1940-1955 | 249 |
| Ch. 18—The International Geophysical Year and the Antarctic Treaty: 1955-1959 | 268 |
| Ch. 19—The Antarctic Treaty Era: Antarctica After 1959 | 278 |
| Appendix A: Antarctic Timeline | 305 |
| Appendix B: Antarctic Firsts | 315 |
| Appendix C: Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms | 327 |
| Sources and Notes | 331 |
| Literature Cited | 349 |
| Index | 361 |
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