known as "The Rogues' Retreat" 99 Preparing a Sledge During the Winter 103 The Leader of the Expedition in Winter Garb 107 The Motor-Car in the Garage, Maize-Crusher on the Right 111 The Southern Party Marching into the White Unknown 115 Cape Barne and Inaccessible Island by Moonlight 119 New Land. The Party Ascended Mount Hope and Sighted the Great Glacier, up which They Marched Through the Gap. The Main Body of the Glacier Joins the Barrier Further to the Left 129 Lower Glacier Depot. The Stores Were Buried in the Snow Near the Rock in the Foreground 133 The Camp below "The Cloud Maker" 137 Facsimile of Page of Shackleton's Diary 141 The Farthest South Camp After Sixty Hours' Blizzard 145 Farthest South, January 9, 1909 149 The Camp Under the Granite Pillar, Half a Mile from the Lower Glacier Depot, Where the Party Camped on January 27 153 Shackleton Standing by the Broken Southern Sledge, Which was Replaced by Another at Grisi Depot 157 Return Journey of the Southern Party: At the Bluff Depot 161 The Southern Party on Board the _Nimrod_ 165 The _Nimrod_ Pushing Through Heavy Pack Ice On Her Way South 171 The _Nimrod_ Held Up in the Ice 177 The Bluff Depot 181 The Motor Hauling Stores for a Depot 185 Loaded Sledge Showing the Distance Recorder or Sledge-meter 191 The Northern Party on the Plateau, New Year's Day 201 The Northern Party at the South Magnetic Pole 209 Ready to Start Home 217 A View of the Hut in Summer 227 Emperor Penguins 237 An Adelie Calling for a Mate after Commencing the Nest 243 Adelie Trying to Mother a Couple of Well-Grown Strangers 247 Penguins Listening to the Gramophone During the Summer 251 CHAPTER I THE EXPEDITION Men go out into the void spaces of the world for various reasons. Some are incited simply by a love of adventure, some have a keen thirst for scientific knowledge, and others are drawn away from trodden paths by the mysterious fascination of the unknown. I think that in my own case it was a combination of these factors that determined me to try my fortune once again in the frozen south.