the Magnetic Pole 187 XXXVI. Across the Ice Barrier 193 XXXVII. The Drygalski Glacier 199 XXXVIII. Crevasses 203 XXXIX. Upwards and Onwards 208 XL. The Magnetic Pole 212 XLI. Returning 216 XLII. Obstacles In Our Course 222 XLIII. Safe Aboard 226 XLIV. The Return to New Zealand 231 XLV. Penguins. (Some Notes by James Murray, Biologist to the Expedition) 238 XLVI. The Adelies and Their Chicks 245 XLVII. Notes 254 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Section Showing Interior of _Nimrod_ 13 Seal Suckling Young and Taking no Notice of Motor-Car 17 Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra Inspecting the Equipment on the _Nimrod_ at Cowes 21 The Towing Steamer _Koonya_ as Seen from the _Nimrod_ in a Heavy Sea. This Particular Wave Came Aboard the _Nimrod_ and Did Considerable Damage 25 View of the Great Ice Barrier 29 Pushing Through Heavy Floes in the Ross Sea. The Dark Line on the Horizon is a "Water Sky" and Indicates the Existence of Open Sea 33 Flight of Antarctic Petrels 37 _Nimrod_ Moored Off Tabular Bergs 41 Adelie Penguins at Cape Royds 45 The _Nimrod_ Lying Off the Penguin Rookery, Cape Royds 49 The Ponies Transporting Coal on Sledges at Back Door Bay 53 Digging Out Stores After the Cases Had Been Buried in Ice During a Blizzard 57 Winter Quarters 61 The First Slopes of Erebus 65 Marston in His Bed 69 Plan of the Hut at Winter Quarters 73 A Group of the Shore Party at the Winter Quarters 77 Ice Flowers on Newly-Formed Sea Ice Early in the Winter 81 One Thousand Feet Below the Active Cone 85 The "Lion" of Erebus 89 The Crater of Erebus, 900 Feet Deep and Half a Mile wide. Steam is Seen Rising on the Left. The Photograph was Taken from the Lower Part of the Crater Edge 93 The Type Case and Printing Press for the Production of the "Aurora Australis" in Joyce's and Wild's Cubicle