A Strange Rock of Basalt 559 Plant Fossils 561 Kittiwake on Her Nest 565 Basaltic Cliffs 567 Mr. Jackson at Elmwood 569 Johansen in Jackson's Saloon 571 Cape Flora. Farewell to Franz Josef Land 577 "We Stood Looking over the Sea" 580 Arrival at Hammerfest 587 The "Windward" Leaving Tromsö 591 Tailpiece 597 Original Map of Kaiser Franz Josef Land 599 APPENDIX Digging Out the "Fram" (March, 1895) 603 The "Fram" when Dug Out of the Pressure-mound at the End of March, 1895 607 Fitting the Hand-sledges with Runners (July, 1895) 611 View over the Drift-ice. Depot in Foreground 615 Pressure-mound near the "Fram" (April, 1895) 621 Ice-smithy (May, 1895) 625 The "Fram" Before Her Release 627 The Procession (May 17, 1895) 629 Tailpiece 632 Channel Astern of the "Fram" (June, 1895) 635 Movable Meteorological Station on the Ice (July, 1895) 639 Observation with Sextant and Artificial Horizon (July, 1895) 645 Cleaning the Accumulators before Stowing Away (July, 1895) 653 Workshop on Deck (July, 1895) 659 Pettersen and Blessing on a Hummock (April, 1895) 673 Lars Pettersen on Snow-shoes 679 Tailpiece 682 Flaying Walruses 697 Tailpiece 706 The Members of the Expedition after Their Return to Christiania 709 COLORED PLATES IN VOL. II. Facing p.