Transcriber Note: Text emphasis denoted as _Italics_. [Illustration: The Commander of the Expedition] SHACKLETON IN THE ANTARCTIC BEING THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1907-1909 BY SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON C.V.O. [Illustration] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN MCMXI SHACKLETON IN THE ANTARCTIC ADAPTED FROM THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC _First published (Two Volumes) November 1909_ _Popular Edition ( One Volume) November 1910_ _Copyright London 1909, by William Heinemann, and Washington, U.S.A., by J. B. Lippincott Company_ CONTENTS CHAP PAGE I. The Expedition 11 II. Supplies and Equipment 15 III. The Ship, the Hut, and Other Necessities 18 IV. The Staff and the Royal Visit 23 V. We Leave Lyttelton 26 VI. The Antarctic Circle 31 VII. The Attempt to Reach King Edward VII Land 36 VIII. Landing of Stores and Equipment 46 IX. The "Nimrod" Leaves Us 52 X. Winter Quarters at Cape Royds Outside 58 XI. Winter Quarters--Inside 63 XII. Sledging Equipment 68 XIII. Our Ponies and Dogs 74 XIV. Mount Erebus 78 XV. Attacking Mount Erebus 80 XVI. The Conquest of Mount Erebus 87 XVII. Preparations for the Winter Months 95 XVIII. Still in the Hut 98 XIX. Preliminary Journeys 104 XX. Arrangements and Instructions 108 XXI. The Start to the South Pole 112 XXII. Onward 117 XXIII. Beyond All Former Footsteps 122 XXIV. The Highway to the South 126 XXV. On the Great Glacier 130 XXVI. On the Plateau to the Farthest South 135 XXVII. Farthest South 142 XXVIII. The Return March 146 XXIX. Struggling Back 151 XXX. The Final Stage 158 XXXI. Notes on the Southern Journey 164 XXXII. The Return of the "Nimrod" 173 XXXIII. The Western Party 178 XXXIV. Instructions for the Northern Party 184 XXXV. The Narrative of Professor David. We Start for